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MASSIVE RECTORRHAGIA MIMICKING POSSIBLE GENITAL HAEMORRHAGE

JASNA ČERKEZ HABEK ; Sveti Duh University Hospital, Croatian Catholic University, Department of Internal Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
DUBRAVKO HABEK ; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

A case is presented of a 76-year-old woman who was initially considered to have massive genital hemorrhage, but exclusion examination and treatment proved it to be massive rectorrhagia. The patient died due to irreversible hemorrhagic shock and rupture of rectal angiodysplasia was proved on autopsy.

Keywords

rectal angiodysplasia; rectorrhagia; genital hemorrhage; hemorrhagic shock

Hrčak ID:

154204

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/154204

Publication date:

13.3.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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