Progress of Digestive Endoscopy(1972)
Online ISSN : 2189-0021
Print ISSN : 0389-9403
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A Case of Radiation Enterocolitis Treated by Endoscopic Injection of Pure Ethanol
Shunichi NakajimaShunya IshiiShuji MatsumuraHirokazu InoueShunichirou IshizukaMasanaru OzawaKenichi SakaiHideyuki KishiTakeshi HasegawaYoshinori IgarashiSumio FujinumaYoshihiro Sakai
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1993 Volume 43 Pages 221-223

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A patient was 79-year-old female. She recieved radiation therapy for cause of uterine cervix in July 1990. Bloody stool was noticed occasionally since Nov 1992. She admitted to our hospital due to of heartfailure in Feb 1993. Colonoscopy revealed diffuse coarse mucosa upto mid sigmoid colon, induced by irradiation and bleeding points was noted in the mid rectum and mid sigmoid. Local injection of pure ethanol was undergone and complete hemostasis was obtained.

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