Case report: octreotide as an adjunct to embolisation in the management of recurrent bleeding upper gastrointestinal metastases from primary renal cell cancer.
Int Urol Nephrol
; 37(4): 691-3, 2005.
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| ID: mdl-16362580
ABSTRACT
The recommended treatment for patients with severe bleeding from upper gastrointestinal (GI) metastases is embolisation. We report a case in which despite adequate embolisation major haemorrhage from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) gastric metastases continually recurred. During a severe bleed refractory to embolisation octreotide was used to control and prevent further bleeding. No further episodes of severe haemorrhage occurred over the following 23 months since starting treatment. Octreotide has been observed to be effective both in the acute management of persistent haemorrhage and in prevention of subsequent haematemesis from GI metastatic RCC.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Gástricas
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Fármacos Gastrointestinais
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Carcinoma de Células Renais
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Octreotida
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Embolização Terapêutica
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Hemorragia Gastrointestinal
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Neoplasias Renais
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int Urol Nephrol
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido