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Control of life-threatening hemorrhage in cecal tuberculosis by transcatheter embolisation
1Department of Radiology, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Bombay.
Abstract:
Torrential hemorrhage is rare in tuberculous affection of the bowel. The traditional method of treatment has been immediate surgical intervention aimed at bowel resection. To our knowledge, this is the first report of successful control of such life-threatening hemorrhage by transcatheter embolisation.