Severe acute bleeding from portal colopathy controlled by somatostatin: a case report. |
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| Authors: | S S Rana U Dutta S K Sinha R Kochhar B Nagi D K Bhasin |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical education and research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. |
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| Abstract: | Portal hypertensive colopathy (PHC) is a recently described entity in patients with portal hypertension which can cause even life-threatening lower gastrointestinal bleeding. In contrast to variceal bleed, there is no standardized treatment for the control of bleeding from these lesions. We report a case of alcoholic cirrhosis with portal hypertension, in whom bleeding from colonic angiodysplasia-like lesions was effectively controlled by somatostatin infusion. |
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