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Splenic Artery Embolization (SAE), in a Patient with Consumptive Coagulopathy due to Massive Colonic Bleeding, and Massive Blood Transfusion, as a Bridging Therapy before Colonic Surgery

1Specialized Arab Hospital, Istishari Arab Hospital, Palestine


American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2017, Vol. 5 No. 11, 282-284
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-5-11-5
Copyright © 2017 Science and Education Publishing

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Sara Abel Jalil, Jaber Tawil, Laui Shaheen, Tawfeeq Abu Eisheh, Samir Issa Hasan, Yasser Abu Safieh. Splenic Artery Embolization (SAE), in a Patient with Consumptive Coagulopathy due to Massive Colonic Bleeding, and Massive Blood Transfusion, as a Bridging Therapy before Colonic Surgery. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2017; 5(11):282-284. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-5-11-5.

Correspondence to: Yasser  Abu Safieh, Specialized Arab Hospital, Istishari Arab Hospital, Palestine. Email: yaserasaf@hotmail.com

Abstract

Assessment of patient’s health status and hematological parameters usually precedes any invasive diagnostic or therapeutic procedures; Angiography can be effective and safe as an alternative for major surgical procedures, or as a bridging management in such cases. We present a critically ill patient with colon cancer, with massive bleeding and consumptive thrombocytopenia that underwent splenic artery embolization as a bridging therapy before definite therapeutic surgery.

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