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Nguyen Case of Bloody Diarrhea PDF
Nguyen Case of Bloody Diarrhea PDF
Nguyen Case of Bloody Diarrhea PDF
▪ Chief
Complaint
▪ 37-‐year-‐old
male
who
presents
with
abdominal
pain
and
blood
diarrhea
▪ Physical
Exam
▪ Vital
Signs:
T:
98.0
HR:
86
BP:
115/70
RR:
18
SaO2:
98%
on
RA
▪ General:
young
male,
no
acute
distress,
resting
comfortably
▪ Abdominal:
Palpable
tender
masses
within
the
left
upper
and
lower
quadrant;
soft,
non-‐
tender
in
the
right
abdomen
without
peritoneal
signs
▪ Rectal:
no
perianal
lesions,
no
stool
on
digital
rectal
exam
▪ Otherwise,
negative
physical
exam
findings
▪ Laboratory
Data
14.0
21.8 599
41.9
DIAGNOSTIC
WORKUP
▪ Colonoscopy
Erythema
and
congestion
in
the
rectum
&
sigmoid
colon
with
biopsy
of
sigmoid
colon
▪ Pathology
Colonic
mucosa
with
ischemic-‐type
injury
DIAGNOSTIC
WORKUP
DIAGNOSTIC
WORKUP
-‐
Focal
tangle
of
abnormal
vessels
involving
a
sigmoidal
artery
centered
within
the
mesentery
&
an
early
draining
dilated
marginal
vein
(which
fills
well
before
mucosal
vessels
fill)
-‐
Finding
is
most
consistent
with
a
focal
arteriovenous
malformation
with
associated
shunting.
INTERVENTION
Two
4
mm
x
8
cm
coils
were
sequentially
placed
to
focally
occlude
the
marginal
artery
at
the
site
of
AVM
shunting.
No
significant
filling
of
the
major
portion
of
the
AVM.
CLINICAL
FOLLOW
UP
▪Transcatheter
embolization
has
been
most
useful
in
patients
who
are
critically
ill.
▪ Justaniah
AI,
et
al.
Congenital
Inferior
Mesenteric
Arteriovenous
Malformation
Presenting
with
Ischemic
Colitis:
Endovascular
Treatment.
J
Vasc
Interv
Radiol.
2013
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▪ Turkvatan
A,
et
al.
Inferior
mesenteric
arteriovenous
fistula
with
ischemic
colitis:
multi-‐
detector
computed
tomographic
angiography
for
diagnosis.
Turk
J
Gastroenterol
2009;
20:67–70.
▪ Jung
JO,
et
al.
Ischemic
colitis
associated
with
segmental
arteriovenous
malformation
mimicking
inflammatory
bowel
disease
in
a
familial
adenomatous
polyposis
patient.
Dig
Dis
Sci.
2007;(52):
2703–2706.
▪
Metcalf
DR,
et
al.
Ischemic
colitis:
an
unusual
case
of
inferior
mesenteric
arteriovenous
fistula
causing
venous
hypertension.
Report
of
a
case.
Dis
Colon
Rectum
2008;
(51):1422–
144.
▪ Nemcek
AA
Jr,
et
al.
SIR
2005
Annual
Meeting
film
panel
case:
inferior
mesenteric
artery-‐to-‐
inferior
mesenteric
vein
fistulous
connection.
J
Vasc
Interv
Radiol
2005;16:1179–1182.