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'''Angiodysplasia''' is a benign pathology of the large bowel. | |||
==General=== | |||
*Causes (lower) GI haemorrhage. | |||
*Generally, not a problem pathologists see. | |||
*May be associated with [[aortic stenosis]]; known as ''Heyde syndrome''.<ref name=pmid19652242>{{cite journal |author=Hui YT, Lam WM, Fong NM, Yuen PK, Lam JT |title=Heyde's syndrome: diagnosis and management by the novel single-balloon enteroscopy |journal=Hong Kong Med J |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=301–3 |year=2009 |month=August |pmid=19652242 |doi= |url=http://www.hkmj.org/abstracts/v15n4/301.htm}}</ref> | |||
Epidemiology: | |||
*Older people. | |||
Etiology: | |||
*Thought to be caused by the higher wall tension of cecum (due to larger diameter) and result from (intermittent) venous occlusion/focal dilation of vessels.<ref name=Ref_PBoD854>{{Ref PBoD|854}}</ref> | |||
==Gros=== | |||
*Cecum - classic location. | |||
Note: | |||
*[[Crohn's disease]] - may mimic angiodysplasia radiographically.<ref name=pmid3054852/> | |||
==Microscopic== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid3054852>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hemingway | first1 = AP. | title = Angiodysplasia: current concepts. | journal = Postgrad Med J | volume = 64 | issue = 750 | pages = 259-63 | month = Apr | year = 1988 | doi = | PMID = 3054852 }}</ref> | |||
*Dilated vessels in mucosa and submucosa. | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Colon]]. | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist|1}} | |||
[[Category:Diagnosis]] | [[Category:Diagnosis]] | ||
[[Category:Colon]] |
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