title: Rectal bleeding secondary to fecal disimpaction: angiographic diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: Two cases of bleeding caused by manual disimpaction of fecal material are presented. Angiography played a critical role in the diagnosis and treatment. One case was managed with balloon tamponade, and the other was successfully treated by selective intra-arterial vasopressin infusion, after prior intravenous infusion had been ineffective. A history of fecal disimpaction should suggest the possibility of low rectal bleeding which can be diagnosed and treated angiographically.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D005244:Fecal Impaction / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012007:Rectum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*