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  • Title: [Degenerative angiodysplasia of the ascending colon: a new entity frequently responsible for intestinal hemorrhage in the elderly].
    Author: Delmont J, Rampal P, Ljunggren B.
    Journal: Sem Hop; ; 54(43-44):1331-5. PubMed ID: 219485.
    Abstract:
    The authors report a case of degenerative angiodysplasia of the right side of the colon. Regarding this they describe the two clinical features peculiar to this new nosological anatomo-clinical entity: hypochromic anaemia associated with low iron, and intestinal haemorrhage. The improvement of selective arteriography is the method which permits its description and underlines the frequence. But the authors believe that coloscopy in the presence of these lesions, should become beneficial and hold a place of special importance: in the diagnosis and concerning treatment of this disease. In effect the patients most prone to this condition are, by definition, elderly and hardly suitable subjects for surgery.
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