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Zhen Shen1, Yan-Zhi Huang2, Li-Min Ning2
1Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130041, China.
Abstract:
In this case, we report a case of lower digestive tract hemorrhage caused by appendicitis in China. An 46-year-old Chinese male was sent to China-Japan union Hospital of Jilin University with abdominal pain in 2015. The patient was diagnosed with anemia. In this report, the appendix of patient was excised by laparoscopic surgery. The patient's colonoscopy results showed patient could be seen a large number of dark red blood and fresh blood in the intestinal cavity. The patient's colon position found focal mucosal shedding, shallow ulcer formation. As last, the patient was successfully performed and reduced the patient's pain by laparoscopic surgery.
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