Multimodal treatment approach with endoscopic full-thickness resection of a rectal carcinoma

A 77-year-old patient presented to the emergency department with Hb-relevant lower gastrointestinal bleeding during anticoagulation treatment with rivaroxaban and clopidogrel. At colonoscopy, the bleeding source was identified as sigmoid diverticulosis, and the hemorrhage stopped spontaneously.

Helge Otto, Hamburg

Sequenzen:

Sequence 1 — lower gastrointestinal bleeding in diverticulosis Sequence 1 — lower gastrointestinal bleeding in diverticulosis

A 77-year-old patient presented to the emergency department with Hb-relevant lower gastrointestinal bleeding during anticoagulation treatment with rivaroxaban and clopidogrel. At colonoscopy, the bleeding source was identified as sigmoid diverticulosis, and the hemorrhage stopped spontaneously.