[Hematochezia due to jejunal diverticula and treated by arterial embolization].

Gastroenterol Clin Biol

Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, 270, Bd Sainte-Marguerite, BP 29, 13274 Marseille Cedex 09.

Published: June 2003

Digestive bleeding is a rare complication of jejunal diverticulas whose diagnosis and treatment are difficult. We report a case of hematochezia whose origin was not determined by endoscopic investigations. Coelio-mesenteric arteriography showed a leakage of contrast medium from a jejunal arterial branch and allowed a successful embolization of the arterial branches feeding the bleeding point.

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