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Argon Plasma Coagulation of Hemorrhagic Solitary Rectal Ulcer Syndrome

 

作者: Vincenzo Stoppino,   Rosario Cuomo,   Paolo Tonti,   Marco Gentile,   Vincenzo De Francesco,   Nicola Muscatiello,   Carmine Panella,   Enzo Ierardi,  

 

期刊: Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology  (OVID Available online 2003)
卷期: Volume 37, issue 5  

页码: 392-394

 

ISSN:0192-0790

 

年代: 2003

 

出版商: OVID

 

关键词: solitary ulcer syndrome;argon plasma coagulation;hematochezia;secondary anemia;rectal pain

 

数据来源: OVID

 

摘要:

Solitary ulcer syndrome (SUS) is a rare disorder that may provoke hematochezia. Argon plasma coagulation (APC) is used in a wide range of gastrointestinal bleeding. We experienced APC in a patient with a bleeding gigantic SUS: a 64-year-old woman who developed a SUS at 60. After 3 years, recurrent hematochezia, secondary anemia, and rectal pain occurred. Endoscopy revealed a large rectal bleeding ulcer. Moreover, the pain led the patient to assume analgesics. These conditions stimulated us to treat this ulcer with APC within 4 sessions; each session spaced out at 30-day intervals. The patient experienced and maintained the following benefits: (1) resolution of bleeding and secondary anemia after the first session, (2) reduction of ulcer depth, disappearance of pain and analgesic withdrawal at the end of the cycle, (3) almost complete endoscopic healing of the ulcer after 9 months of follow-up. This experience suggests that APC may represent a therapeutic approach for bleeding SUS even if controlled studies are necessary before recommending it as acceptable treatment.

 

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