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Authored By: Keith Fischer and Shane Inoue.
Patient: 71 year old male
History: 71 year old man with a history of colon polyps, status-post colonoscopy and polypectomy 9 days prior who now presents with rectal bleeding.
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Cinematic anterior images

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anterior flow images

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anterior dynamic images

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anterior dynamic images continued

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anterior dynamic images continued

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Initial colonoscopy demonstrating a 10 mm cecal polyp. Pathology revealed a tubulovillous adenoma without evidence of high grade dysplasia or malignancy.

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Follow-up endoscopy demonstrates a single three mm ulcer in the cecum at the site of the previous polypectomy with a clot present. The clot was treated with electrocaudery and ligated with two endoclips.
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Case [View Case with Diagnosis]Owner(s): Keith Fischer and Shane InoueLast Updated: 12-15-2010
Anatomy: Gastrointestinal (GI)   Pathology: Vascular
Modality: Nuc Med, PathologyAccess Level: Readable by all users, writable by NucMed Certifiers
Keywords: gastrointestinal bleed

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Certified by Keith Fischer on 06-26-2009

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