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Endoscopic Management of Rectal Dieulafoy's Lesion: A Case Series and Optimal Treatment.

ABSTRACT: Rectal Dieulafoy's lesion (DL) is rare cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Because of its rarity, there is no consensus on the optimal endoscopic hemostasis technique for rectal DL. We analyzed six patients who underwent endoscopic management for rectal DL after presenting with hematochezia at a single institute over 10 years. Of the six patients, three underwent endoscopic band ligation (EBL) and three underwent endoscopic hemoclip placement (EHP). Only one patient was treated with thermocoagulation. There were no immediate complications in any of the patients. None of the patients required a procedure or surgery for the treatment of rebleeding. Mean procedure times of EBL and EHP were 5.25 minutes and 7 minutes, respectively. Both EHP and EBL are shown to be effective in the treatment of bleeding rectal DL. We suggest that EBL may have potential as the preferred therapy owing to its superiority in technical and economic aspects, especially in elderly and high-risk patients.

SUBMITTER: Park JG

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4130895 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Endoscopic Management of Rectal Dieulafoy's Lesion: A Case Series and Optimal Treatment.

Park Jung Gil JG Park Jung Chul JC Kwon Yong Hwan YH Ahn Sun Young SY Jeon Seong Woo SW

Clinical endoscopy 20140728 4

Rectal Dieulafoy's lesion (DL) is rare cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Because of its rarity, there is no consensus on the optimal endoscopic hemostasis technique for rectal DL. We analyzed six patients who underwent endoscopic management for rectal DL after presenting with hematochezia at a single institute over 10 years. Of the six patients, three underwent endoscopic band ligation (EBL) and three underwent endoscopic hemoclip placement (EHP). Only one patient was treated with thermo ...[more]

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Project description:Introduction Rectal cancer constitutes, by its frequency and its gravity, a real concern of the public health in the world, it represents the eighth most frequent cancer. Its incidence is increasing in young people and in particular in women, in whom it remains a rare disease known for its poor prognosis. The objective of our work is to highlight the epidemiological characteristics of rectal cancer in patients under 40 years of age, determine its incidence and outline the different therapeutic means. Materials and methods Our work is a retrospective study with a descriptive aim on a series of 11 female patients aged less than 40 years, operated for rectal cancer in the department of digestive cancer surgery and liver transplantation Casablanca Morocco, over a period of 7 years from January 2013 to December 2019. Results The average age of our patients was 34.8 years. The average diagnostic delay was 10 months. The most frequent clinical sign was rectorrhagia (90.9% of cases). On rectal examination, the tumor was inaccessible in 18.8% of cases and externalized in 9.09% of cases. It was located in the lower rectum in 36.36% of cases, the same for the middle rectum. Rectoscopy showed that the majority of tumors were circumferential (36.36%). The budding ulcerative aspect was the most frequently found with 7 cases or 63.63%. The histological study showed the predominance of lieberkühnian adenocarcinoma (63.63%). Thoracic-abdominal-pelvic CT scan showed liver metastases in only one patient (9.09%). Pelvic MRI showed invasion of the mesorectum in 5 cases (45.45%) and of the internal sphincter in 3 cases (27.27%). All our patients underwent laparotomy. Curative surgery was performed in 8 patients and 3 patients had palliative surgery. Preoperative radiotherapy was performed in 81.81% of cases. The evolution was marked by 27.27% of locoregional recurrences. The operative mortality was nil in our series. Conclusion Detection of patients with precancerous conditions, screening for cancer in subjects at risk (familial recto-colic cancer, familial recto-colonic polyposis and ulcerative colitis), suspicion of cancer in the presence of any proctological sign, early diagnosis and curative surgical resection preceded by radiotherapy are the means that can improve the prognosis of rectal cancer in young women. Highlights • Rectal cancer constitutes, by its frequency and its gravity, a real concern of the public health in the world.• It represents the eighth most frequent cancer.• Its incidence is increasing in young people and in particular in women, in whom it remains a rare disease known for its poor prognosis.

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