Clinical features, treatments and prognosis of appendiceal bleeding: a case series study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Appendiceal bleeding is a rare cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding, could be overlooked and diagnosed as obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. Due to limited real-world cases, the optimized management of appendiceal bleeding is unclear. We here shared our experiences in the past 20 years.

Methods

A retrospective study was conducted at West China Hospital of Sichuan University. We reviewed data of 28,175 colonoscopies from 43,095 gastrointestinal bleeding patients between June 2003 and June 2023. Six patients diagnosed as appendiceal bleeding were included. Data including symptoms, laboratory tests, imaging results, endoscopic findings, treatment and prognosis were collected and analyzed.

Results

Appendiceal bleeding accounts for 0.014% in gastrointestinal

SUBMITTER: Xing XC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10625278 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature