Hematochezia with Colonic Polypoid Angiodysplasia in a Young Female Patient
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Hematochezia with colonic polypoid angiodysplasia in a young female patient.
A 18-year-old girl visited the hospital due to hematochezia. Colonoscopy revealed a 6-mm Yamada type II polyp with stigmata of bleeding, and a shallow ulcer on top was found at the cecum base. The polyp was removed by snare polypectomy, and hematochezia stopped thereafter. Angiodysplasia was diagnosed histopathologically. Generally, angiodysplasia appears as a flat or elevated, bright-red lesio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut and Liver
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1976-2283,2005-1212
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2008.2.2.126