A solitary jejunal vascular abnormality: a source of massive rectal bleeding.
Haemorrhage of small bowel origin may prove to be a clinical and diagnostic challenge, particularly when the bleeding is massive and continuous. Such a case is described where the source of blood loss was a jejunal vascular abnormality.
Saunders
M P
MP
Surgical Unit, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum