title: Topical application of ankaferd hemostat in a patient with gastroduodenal amyloidosis complicated with gastrointestinal bleeding.
abstract: Amyloidosis rarely manifests itself as gastrointestinal hemorrhage, especially in the absence of systemic involvement. Despite urgent endoscopic and/or pharmacological therapy, bleeding due to gastric amyloidosis usually recurs after a short period and has considerable morbidity and mortality rates, even in patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery. For this reason, there is a need for a therapeutic armamentarium for such cases that is effective, easily applicable and has minimal side effects. In this respect, ankaferd blood stopper (ABS) offers a well tolerated and effective alternative approach for these patients. Herein we would like to report a 77-year-old man who had massive bleeding from a gastric ulcer complicating primary gastroduodenal amyloidosis, in whom topical ABS was successfully applied.
authors.affiliation: aDepartment of Gastroenterology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital bDepartment of Gastroenterology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital cDepartment of Gastroenterology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital dDepartment of Pathology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Beyazit
authors.forename: Fatih Oguz
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Onder
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torun
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tas
authors.forename: Tugrul
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Purnak
authors.forename: Ilyas
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tenlik
authors.forename: Nesrin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Turhan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D000075363:Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis; D008297:Male; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D006490:Hemostatics; D010936:Plant Extracts; C539751:ankaferd blood stopper