title: Case report: therapeutic transcatheter embolotherapy in the control of recurrent haemorrhage from lymphoma of the small bowel.
abstract: Lymphoma is one of the commonest primary malignancies of the small bowel. Gastrointestinal tract haemorrhage is a relatively infrequent presenting feature or complication. We describe the use of repeated transcatheter embolization as the primary treatment in the control of recurrent haemorrhage from the small bowel in a patient with B-cell lymphoma. Few cases of transcatheter embolotherapy have been described in such situations. This form of treatment is a therapeutic option in those unfit for transcatheter vasoconstrictor infusion or surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St Thomas's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Howlett
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Farrugia
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Irvine
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications*; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D012008:Recurrence