title: Life-threatening gastrointestinal system bleeding in Hodgkin disease: multidetector CT findings and review of the literature.
abstract: Acute lower gastrointestinal system (GIS) bleeding is a life-threatening condition. Immediate determination of the origin of the bleeding is crucial, since hemostatic management must be initiated as rapidly as possible. Colonoscopy, radionuclide studies, and conventional angiography are considered the most important methods for assessing the origin of the bleeding. There are few published reports about the feasibility of computed tomography (CT) in acute GIS bleeding. We present multidetector CT (MDCT) findings in a case of Hodgkin disease status one month post-chemotherapy (CHOP protocol; cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone) that presented with acute lower GIS bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akpinar
authors.forename: Bariş
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Türkbey
authors.forename: Barbaros Erhan
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Cil
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Canyiğit
authors.forename: Ziya
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dündar
authors.forename: Ferhun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Balkanci
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed