RECURRENT RECTAL BLEEDING FROM PORTAL HYPERTENSIVE COLOPATHY IN A PATIENT WITH HEMORRHOIDS

Authors
OHTA M HASHIZUME M KISHIHARA F KAWANAKA H TANOUE K SUGIMACHI K
Citation
M. Ohta et al., RECURRENT RECTAL BLEEDING FROM PORTAL HYPERTENSIVE COLOPATHY IN A PATIENT WITH HEMORRHOIDS, The American journal of gastroenterology, 90(9), 1995, pp. 1531-1533
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
The American journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029270
Volume
90
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1531 - 1533
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9270(1995)90:9<1531:RRBFPH>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
In a 62-yr-old woman who complained of recurrent rectal bleeding, hemo rrhoids with mucosal prolapse were found. Virus-related cirrhosis also was present. Colonoscopy revealed spontaneous bleeding from two recta l ectasias (portal hypertensive colopathy) located 9 cm from the anus. Endoscopic hemostasis was achieved with a heater probe, and there has been no recurrent hemorrhage. Colonoscopy is important in ruling out hemorrhage from portal hypertensive colopathy when rectal bleeding occ urs in the presence of portal hypertension.