title: Active gastrointestinal diverticulum bleeding diagnosed by computed tomography angiography.
abstract: A diverticulum is a bulging sack in any portion of the gastrointestinal tract. Small intestine diverticular disease is much less common than colonic diverticular disease. The most common symptoms include non-specific epigastric pain and a bloating sensation. Major complications include diverticulitis, gastrointestinal bleeding, acute perforation, intestinal obstruction, intestinal perforation, localized abscess, malabsorption, anemia, volvulus and bacterial overgrowth. We report one case of massive jejunal diverticula bleeding and one case of massive colonic diverticula bleeding, both diagnosed by acute abdominal computed tomography angiography and treated successfully by surgery.
authors.affiliation: Xie-Qun Xu, Tao Hong, Bing-Lu Li, Wei Liu, Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Xie-Qun
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Xie-Qun Xu, Tao Hong, Bing-Lu Li, Wei Liu, Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Xie-Qun Xu, Tao Hong, Bing-Lu Li, Wei Liu, Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Bing-Lu
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Xie-Qun Xu, Tao Hong, Bing-Lu Li, Wei Liu, Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Angiography; Computed tomography angiography; Diverticulum; Endoscopy; Gastrointestinal diverticular bleeding