colonoscopy
Severe case of Ischemic Colitis (6 of 19)
4 days after the first colonoscopy, a follow up colonoscopy was performed because the pathologist required more biopsies, the patient was under antibiotherapy. Numerous medications may produce colonic...
Severe case of Ischemic Colitis (5 of 19)
There are numerous conditions that predispose patients to ischemic colitis. The most common mechanism is hypotension from sepsis or impaired left ventricular function and hypovolemia from dehydration...
Severe case of Ischemic Colitis (4 of 19)
Although frequent in the elderly, younger patients may also be affected. The colon is also predisposed to ischemia by its relatively low blood flow compared with the rest of the gastrointestinal tract....
Severe case of Ischemic Colitis (3 of 19)
Some diverticulae are seen near of the necrosis. Ischemic colitis is the most common form of intestinal ischemia. It manifests as a spectrum of injury from transient self-limited ischemia involving...
Severe case of Ischemic Colitis (2 of 19)
Discrepancy between subjective symptoms and objective findings is a hallmark of ischemic colitis. Thus, diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion in the appropriate clinical setting. The diverse...
Severe case of Ischemic Colitis (1 of 19)
This 57-year-old male with history of diabetes mellitus hypertension and ischemic heart disease (including coronary artery bypass 3 years previously) He was taking 150 mg aspirin, verapamil 240 mg...
Radiation Enteritis (3 of 4)
Multiple applications of argon beam are observed. Radiation therapy is a powerful method for the control of cancer. The utilization of abdominal or pelvic radiation has been extended, and the incidence...
Radiation Enteritis (2 of 4)
In the sigmoid there are some rest of blood that seem to be melena, radiation enteritis was detected in the jejuno the first lesion was found at 150 cm from the Triez angle and the second 200 cm. In...
Radiation Enteritis (1 of 4)
This 74 year-old, female, underwent radiation therapy for uterine cervix cancer 6 month after iniciates with rectal bleeding, requiring red blood cell transfusion, a colonoscopy was performed finding...
Radiation Proctosigmoiditis (14 of 14)
Lesions are observed during water lavage. Radiation-induced injury is best described in 2 ways. Acute injury is a function of fractionation of the dose, field size, type of radiation, and frequency...
Radiation Proctosigmoiditis (13 of 14)
The effectiveness of argon coagulator for radiation proctitis has been established in many clinical trials.
Radiation Proctosigmoiditis (12 of 14)
Various factors are associated with a high risk of late radiation complications: advanced age, hypertension, anaemia, poor nutrition status, diabetes mellitus, obesity, previous abdominal or pelvic...
Radiation Proctosigmoiditis (11 of 14)
Sequelae of Radiotherapy. The incidence of severe complications rises with the total dose. The higher the dose the better the local control of the disease; however the complication rate is also higher....
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