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Sticky Situation: Bleeding Duodenal Lymphangiectasias Treated with Lymphatic Glue Embolization

Authors: Andrew A. Li, Preethi Raghu, Anne Chen, George Triadafilopoulos, Walter Park

Published in: Digestive Diseases and Sciences | Issue 1/2022

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A 41-year-old man was initially evaluated at a local emergency department for chronic intermittent episodes of melena requiring frequent transfusions. After a prior extensive evaluation, he had remained transfusion dependent, requiring 2–3 units of packed red blood cells per week, despite proton pump inhibitor therapy and several upper endoscopies in the two months preceding the admission. …

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Title: Sticky Situation: Bleeding Duodenal Lymphangiectasias Treated with Lymphatic Glue Embolization
Authors: Andrew A. Li
Preethi Raghu
Anne Chen
George Triadafilopoulos
Walter Park
Publication date: 01-01-2022
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Tarry Feces
Endoscopy
Tarry Feces
Edema
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Mediastinitis
Mediastinitis
Published in: Digestive Diseases and Sciences / Issue 1/2022
Print ISSN: 0163-2116
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2568
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-021-06898-3

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