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Figure 6 Lower gastrointestinal bleed from acute diverticulitis.
Seventy-three-year-old male patient with bloody diarrhea, severely hypotensive (blood pressure 70/40) requiring 10 units of packed red blood cells. A and B: Contrast enhanced computed tomography abdomen demonstrates acute diverticulitis at the hepatic flexure, with active hemorrhage; C: Visceral angiography demonstrates the region of active bleeding in the ascending colon at the hepatic flexure; D: Successful distal Gelfoam and coil embolization of the supplying right colic artery branches.
- Citation: Ramaswamy RS, Choi HW, Mouser HC, Narsinh KH, McCammack KC, Treesit T, Kinney TB. Role of interventional radiology in the management of acute gastrointestinal bleeding. World J Radiol 2014; 6(4): 82-92
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8470/full/v6/i4/82.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4329/wjr.v6.i4.82