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===[[ | ===[[Undifferentiated lower gastrointestinal bleeding]]=== | ||
*[[Upper GI Bleeding]] | *[[Upper GI Bleeding]] | ||
*Diverticular disease | *Diverticular disease | ||
Latest revision as of 19:26, 7 February 2024
Undifferentiated lower gastrointestinal bleeding
- Upper GI Bleeding
- Diverticular disease
- Vascular ectasia / angiodysplasia
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Infectious colitis
- Mesenteric Ischemia / ischemic colitis
- Meckel's diverticulum
- Colorectal cancer / polyps
- Hemorrhoids
- Aortoenteric fistula
- Nearly 100% mortality if untreated
- Consider in patients with gastrointestinal bleeding and known abdominal aortic aneurysms or aortic grafts
- Rectal foreign body
- Rectal ulcer (HIV, Syphilis, STI)
- Anal fissure