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MDCT demonstration of jejunal angiodysplasia: an uncommon cause of lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage
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  1. Vandana Goel1,2,
  2. Amit Kumar Verma1,
  3. Sonali Sethi1,
  4. Sunil Kumar Puri1
  1. 1Department of Radiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
  2. 2Department of Radiology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Amit Kumar Verma, drverma.gilbert25{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-203414

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    A 20-year-old man presented with melena for the past 3 weeks. He had no history of fever, abdominal pain, altered bowel habits, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs intake, petechiae or weight loss. Laboratory markers were unremarkable except for a low haemoglobin (5.2 g/dL) for which multiple blood transfusions were given. A contrast-enhanced CT (venous phase) revealed serpiginous vascular channels along the valvulae of the proximal jejunum, although there was no active contrast extravasation seen (figures 1 and 2). In addition, there was a suspicion of malrotation of the bowel, which was …

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