title: Treatment of recurrent gastrointestinal haemorrhage in a patient with von Willebrand's disease with administration of octreotide LAR and propranolol.
abstract: We report a patient with von Willebrand' s disease who had had recurrent and life-threatening bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract. Despite extensive investigation, no apparent cause of haemorrhage was identified. He was successfully treated with combined administration of octreotide LAR (long-acting release) and propranolol. This is the first report on the successful use of octreotide LAR in a patient with von Willebrand' s disease.
authors.affiliation: Second Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Ippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Napoleon
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Krikis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tziomalos
authors.forename: Vasilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Perifanis
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vakalopoulou
authors.forename: Asterios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karagiannis
authors.forename: Vasilia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Garypidou
authors.forename: Fedon
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Harsoulis