LOCALIZATION OF BLEEDING POINT IN CHRONIC AND ACUTE GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE BY MEANS OF SELECTIVE VISCERAL ARTERIOGRAPHY

Abstract

The diagnosis of underlying disease in patients presenting with chronic and acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage is often difficult. The prompt localization of a bleeding point is important and often is possible only by means of selective visceral arteriography. Cases of gastrointestinal hemorrhage caused by arteriovenous malformation of the jejunum, typhoid ulcers of the ileum, leiomyoma of the duodenum, Kaposi sancoma of the jejunum and right and left colonic diverticula are reported to document this point. The preoperative localization of bleeding in typhoid fever, Kaposi sarcoma and colonic diverticula have not been previously reported.