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Patients may present with hematochezia, melena, positive occult blood test or iron deficiency anemia. Angiodysplasia may present as an isolated lesion or multiple vascular lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Signs and symptoms [ edit ] Although some cases present with black, tarry stool ( melena ), the blood loss can be subtle, with the anemia symptoms predominating. Fecal occult blood testing is positive when bleeding is active. [en.wikipedia.org]

Finally considering the blood transfusion, pre and post treatment, five patients treated with APC needed blood transfusion before treatment, two of them needed transfusion also after the treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Endoscopic treatment is an initial possibility, where cautery or argon plasma coagulation (APC) treatment is applied through the endoscope. [en.wikipedia.org]

These findings may teach us what would be the best treatment such as LTP. [bloodjournal.org]

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Pathophysiology [ edit ] Histologically, it resembles telangiectasia and development is related to age and strain on the bowel wall. [1] It is a degenerative lesion, acquired, probably resulting from chronic and intermittent contraction of the colon that [en.wikipedia.org]

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