Colonic angiodysplasia on CT colonography: case report and characteristic imaging findings
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Colonic angiodysplasia on CT colonography: case report and characteristic imaging findings
Gastrointestinal angiodysplasia represents the cause of 6% of lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding, particularly in the elderly. Because of the common presentation and age range of affected patients, often patients with occult or massive gastrointestinal bleedings are investigated with colonoscopy, in the suspect of colonic cancer. Other methods are capsule enteroscopy, angiography, double-con...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiology Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1930-0433
DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2017.07.014