title: [Angiodysplasia in the gastrointestinal haemorrhage of the elderly patient. Our experience].
abstract: Angiodysplasia of the digestive tract is one of the main causes of acute bleeding and is a frequent reason for admittance to the emergency surgery unit. This pathology, previously considered rare and often not recognised, has only recently acquired a precise anatomo-pathology thanks to endoscopy. Besides having a decisive diagnostic role, endoscopy also allows the control and successful treatment of lesions, often in a definitive way, which were previously only dealt with surgery, with significant advantages for the elderly patient, reducing the rate of morbidity and mortality. There are still many discussions today, above all on the priority of various diagnostic investigations to be carried out in digestive bleeding and on the choice of treatment in the case of angiodysplasic lesions in geriatric age. Some cases of acute bleeding from intestinal angiodysplasia, observed by the Authors, have led them to study the etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and emergency treatment of such lesions.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Messina, Dipartimento di Patologia Umana, Cattedra di Chirurgia d'Urgenza e di Pronto Soccorso.
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Anglò
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pacilè
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Piazzese
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fiumara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonsignore
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rivoli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Familiari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Versaci
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016888:Angiodysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome