Transmural Coil Extrusion After Embolization for Colonic Hemorrhage

Authors

  • Richard Duszak
  • John Fowler

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v4i9.518

Keywords:

Colonic hemorrhage, Transcatheter embolization, Coil extrusion, Unrecognized endoscopic abnormalities

Abstract

Transcatheter embolization is increasingly accepted as a safe and effective therapy for acute lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage, but the fate of the coils used for treatment is not entirely known. We report a patient with massive descending colonic bleeding, successfully treated with microcoil occlusion, in whom partially extruded coils were later visualized colonoscopically, but initially misidentified as ingested jewelry. The incidence of this endoscopically enigmatic (but in this case clinically inconsequential) finding is unknown.

Published

2010-09-01

Issue

Section

Interventional Radiology