title: [Diagnostic and therapeutic problems in angiodysplasias of the digestive tract].
abstract: After a review of recent literature on angiodysplasias of the digestive system, a diagnostic procedure based on personal experience is proposed for haemorrhagic patients. Criteria for the selection of treatment protocols are then proposed for cases where angiodysplasia is recognised as the cause of the bleeding.
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: C016671:pitressin tannate; D014667:Vasopressins; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin
vernacular_title: Problemi diagnostici e terapeutici nelle angiodisplasie dell'apparato digerente.