title: Severe acute bleeding from portal colopathy controlled by somatostatin: a case report.
abstract: Portal hypertensive colopathy (PHC) is a recently described entity in patients with portal hypertension which can cause even life-threatening lower gastrointestinal bleeding. In contrast to variceal bleed, there is no standardized treatment for the control of bleeding from these lesions. We report a case of alcoholic cirrhosis with portal hypertension, in whom bleeding from colonic angiodysplasia-like lesions was effectively controlled by somatostatin infusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical education and research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kochhar
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nagi
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Bhasin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications*; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D013004:Somatostatin