Multiple microaneurysms of the superior hemorrhoidal artery: Unusual recurrent massive rectal bleeding report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 978-980

  Baig, M K ^a   Lewis, M ^b   Stebbing, J F ^b   Marks, C G ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Angiography; Microaneurysms; Rectal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROANEURYSM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SUPERIOR HEMORRHOIDAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, INFERIOR; RECTAL DISEASES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 0038792096     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6697-8     Document Type: Article

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