[Colonic angiodysplasia--its treatment by endoscopic electrocoagulation]

Three patients older than sixty were found to have "lower" gastrointestinal bleeding from colonic angiodysplasia. One of them presented multiple lesions. Throughout five colonoscopic procedures all of them were treated by endoscopic monopolar electrocoagulation, without complications. At 3, 18 and 24 months they were asymptomatic, their hematocrits stabilized and multiple fecal examinations for occult blood remained negative. We emphasized here the diagnostic value of colonoscopic examination and the therapeutic implication of endoscopic electrocoagulation as positive approaches to the management of bleeding colonic angiodysplasia.