Life-threatening gastrointestinal system bleeding in Hodgkin disease: multidetector CT findings and review of the literature

AKPINAR E., Tuerkbey B., ÇİL B. E., CANYİĞİT M., Duendar Z., BALKANCI F.

DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, vol.13, no.2, pp.87-89, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 13 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Journal Name: DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.87-89
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Acute lower gastrointestinal system (GIS) bleeding is a life-threatening condition. Immediate determination of the origin of the bleeding is crucial, since hemostatic management must be initiated as rapidly as possible. Colonoscopy, radionuclide studies, and conventional angiography are considered the most important methods for assessing the origin of the bleeding. There are few published reports about the feasibility of computed tomography (CT) in acute GIS bleeding. We present multidetector CT (MDCT) findings in a case of Hodgkin disease status one month post-chemotherapy (CHOP protocol; cyclophosphamide doxorubicin vincristine prednisone) that presented with acute lower GIS bleeding.