The Risk of Mistaking Intestinal Lanthanum Carbonate for Intestinal Bleeding on CT

“the effect of risk aversion on the demand for life insurance: the case of iranian life insurance market”

abstract: about 60% of total premium of insurance industry is pertained?to life policies in the world; while the life insurance total premium in iran is less than 6% of total premium in insurance industry in 2008 (sigma, no 3/2009). among the reasons that discourage the life insurance industry is the problem of adverse selection. adverse selection theory describes a situation where the inf...

Lanthanum carbonate

Localized Lanthanum Staining of the Intestinal Brush Border

The use of lanthanum salts has made possible the staining of extracellular regions which are not electron opaque when conventional methods of fixation and staining for electron microscopy are employed (3, 6, 10). The present work describes the staining of the intestinal epithelium by this means. Intercellular regions in the intestinal wall generally stain intensely, as has been described previo...

Small intestinal diverticulum with bleeding

RATIONALE Small intestinal diverticulum with bleeding is an important reason for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGB) , in addition to tumor and vascular diseases. Small intestinal diverticulum with bleeding is difficult to detect by barium meal and angiographic methods and has been regarded as an important cause of obscure gastrointestinal tract bleeding in adolescents. Because of its compl...

The critical role of CT angiography in the detection and therapy of lower gastro-intestinal bleeding.

Lower gastro-intestinal bleeding (LGIB) is defined as a bleeding site localised in the colon or anorectum. (1) In the past, the diagnosis of LGIB has been a serious challenge for the radiology department because of its possible intermittent character, making it difficult to pinpoint the bleeding site. Patients with a LGIB will typically have undergone a long diagnostic work-up before they end u...