Flebectasia yeyunal como causa de hemorragia digestiva media masiva / Jejunal phlebectasia as a cause of massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Rev. gastroenterol. Perú
; 39(1): 84-87, ene.-mar. 2019. ilus
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RESUMEN
Las anormalidades vasculares del tracto gastrointestinal son una causa común de sangrado digestivo. La mayoría se localizan al alcance de la endoscopía digestiva alta y/o colonoscopía, una vez descartado ello, obliga a considerar al intestino delgado como causa de la hemorragia. El manejo exitoso de una hemorragia digestiva depende principalmente de la localización oportuna de la fuente del sangrado, sin embargo esta tarea puede ser difícil, cuando la causa no está al alcance de los métodos convencionales. Presentamos el caso de un paciente varón de 21 años cuyo diagnóstico fue una flebectasia yeyunal sangrante, luego de una cuidadosa evaluación de los hallazgos de la cápsula endoscópica y laparoscopía.
ABSTRACT
Vascular abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract are a common cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. Most of them are located within the reach of the upper endoscopy or colonoscopy, although once discarded, it forces to consider small bowel as the source of bleeding. The successful management of a gastrointestinal bleeding depends mainly on the timely location of the source of bleeding. Nevertheless this task can be difficult when the cause is not within the reach of conventional methods. We present a case of a 21 year-old men in which the diagnosis of bleeding yeyunal phlebectasia was made by the findings of the capsule endoscopy and laparoscopy.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Angiodysplasia
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
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Jejunal Diseases
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Es
Journal:
Rev. gastroenterol. Perú
Journal subject:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Peru