Radiologic Assessment of Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Gene Kim; Jorge A Soto; Trevor Morrison

doi:10.1016/j.gtc.2018.04.003

Radiologic Assessment of Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2018 Sep;47(3):501-514. doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2018.04.003. Epub 2018 Jul 7.

Authors

Gene Kim¹, Jorge A Soto², Trevor Morrison²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, 820 Harrison Avenue FGH Building, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA. Electronic address: Gene.Kim@bmc.org.
² Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, 820 Harrison Avenue FGH Building, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA.

PMID: 30115434
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2018.04.003

Abstract

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding represents a broad differential of disease throughout the GI tract. The proper diagnostic evaluation of patients presenting with symptoms of GI bleeding depends on the overall clinical acuity and suspected source locations. The radiologic assessment of these patients is centered around computed tomography (CT) angiography, CT enterography, conventional angiography, and nuclear scintigraphy.

Keywords: Obscure GI bleeding; Occult GI bleeding; Overt GI bleeding.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Techniques, Digestive System*
Female
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging*
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
Gastrointestinal Tract / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Male
Sensitivity and Specificity