title: Endoscopic removal of a bleeding colonic polypoid angiodysplasia: case report.
abstract: Arteriovenous malformations are common causes of lower gastrointestinal bleeding in the elderly. Among them, angiodysplasia is one subtype that appears on endoscopy as red, flat superficial lesions, and sometimes slightly elevated. Colonic angiodysplasia is very rarely seen as a polypoid lesion. The present case describes a bleeding large polypoid colonic angiodysplasia in a 60-year-old man. It was removed endoscopically using a PolyLoop ligature device without complications.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kobeissy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mallat
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jamali
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yaghi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jabbour
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shabb
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soweid
mesh_terms: D016888:Angiodysplasia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged