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Diverticular bleeding

Sunday 19 October 2008, Branislav Kunčak, M. D.

Diverticular bleeding.

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Fig. 1

Diverticular bleeding.

Patient with acute lower GI bleeding. Colonoscopy found sigmoid colon diverticulum with stigmata of bleeding.

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Fig. 2

Diverticular bleeding.

Close-up view of the diverticulum with white adherent clot and small amount of fresh blood.

Keywords: diverticular bleeding, bleeding diverticulum, hematochesia, stigma of bleeding