Angiodysplasia
Colon Angiodysplasia (9 of 24)
"Ten days after the therapy with argon plasma, patient presents with a new episode of massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding, again requiring multiple blood transfusions."
Colon Angiodysplasia (8 of 24)
Ten days after the therapy with argon plasma, patient presents with a new episode of massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding, again requiring multiple blood transfusions.
Colon Angiodysplasia (6 of 24)
The exact mechanism of development of angiodysplasia is not known, but chronic venous obstruction may play a role. This hypothesis accounts for the high prevalence of these lesions in the right colon...
Colon Angiodysplasia (5 of 24)
The exact mechanism of development of angiodysplasia is not known, but chronic venous obstruction may play a role. This hypothesis accounts for the high prevalence of these lesions in the right colon...
Colon Angiodysplasia (4 of 24)
Ablative Therapy with Argon Plasma Argon plasma coagulation (APC) has been adopted into general gastrointestinal practice as an effective and theoretically safer approach to cauterization. The advantage...
Colon Angiodysplasia (3 of 24)
Angiodysplasia is a degenerative lesion of previously healthy blood vessels found most commonly in the cecum and proximal ascending colon. Seventy-seven percent of angiodysplasias are located in the...
Colon Angiodysplasia (2 of 24)
Angiodysplasia is the most common vascular lesion of the gastrointestinal tract, and this condition may be asymptomatic, or it may cause gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. The vessel walls are thin, with...
Colon Angiodysplasia (1 of 24)
This is a 63 year-old male, previously admitted on 4 different occasions for massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding, needing multiple blood transfusions. He is referred to our unit for evaluation....
Duodenal Angiodysplasia (3 of 3)
Argon plasma coagulator was used to recurrent bleeding from GI angiodysplasias. Endoscopic argon plasma coagulation is both effective and safe for prevention of recurrent bleeding from GI angiodysplasia....