title: [A case of transcatheter arterial embolization for reduction of a hemorrhagic rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumor].
abstract: A 91-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a primary complaint of hematochezia. A rectal submucosal tumor and an acute hemorrhagic rectal ulcer were noted on colonoscopy. After hemostasis was achieved with APC, the patient was diagnosed with a GIST by EUS-FNA. We performed TAE of the middle and inferior rectal artery to secure hemostasis, because these arteries were also observed to be bleeding during hospitalization. A CT scan and colonoscopy revealed that the rectal GIST had reduced and that the acute rectal ulcer had been successfully treated. We report a case in which TAE was used to achieve tumor reduction of a hemorrhagic rectal GIST.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Japan Red Cross Hospital Wakayama Medical Center.
authors.forename: Hisakazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Kousuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minaga
authors.forename: Yukitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Hiroyoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwagami
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hatamaru
authors.forename: Yasuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakatani
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akamatsu
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seta
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Urai
authors.forename: Yoshito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uenoyama
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans