Low digestive hemorrhage caused by a vascular malformation in a patient with Crohn's disease: case report and literature review

The authors report the case of a 19-year-old male patient with Crohn's disease treated with infliximab and azathioprine, with sustained clinical remission; in the course of the evolution, this patient showed a vascular malformation in his rectum, with daily massive bleeding, in need of several...

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Main Authors: Carlos Henrique Marques dos Santos, José Valério Librelotto Stefanello, II, Yuri Maciel Carvalho, Flávio Renato de Almeida Senefonte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of Coloproctology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2237936316300363