Fatal Retroperitoneal Bleeding Caused by Metastasis of a Sigmoid Carcinoma

Retroperitoneal bleeding is relatively rare and a potentially life-threatening condition with significant mortality. Early recognition requires a high index of suspicion. Increased life expectancy, the widespread use of anticoagulants, and the rise of endovascular interventions have caused an increa...

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Autores principales: Vos, Cornelis G., Hoksbergen, Arjan W. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3157163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21860625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/373047
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description Retroperitoneal bleeding is relatively rare and a potentially life-threatening condition with significant mortality. Early recognition requires a high index of suspicion. Increased life expectancy, the widespread use of anticoagulants, and the rise of endovascular interventions have caused an increase in the incidence of retroperitoneal bleeding. We present a case of a 74-year-old woman who died because of retroperitoneal bleeding caused by retroperitoneal metastasis of a sigmoid carcinoma with angioinvasive growth into a lumbar artery. In addition we discuss etiology, diagnostic management, and treatment strategy.
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spelling pubmed-31571632011-08-22 Fatal Retroperitoneal Bleeding Caused by Metastasis of a Sigmoid Carcinoma Vos, Cornelis G. Hoksbergen, Arjan W. J. Case Rep Med Case Report Retroperitoneal bleeding is relatively rare and a potentially life-threatening condition with significant mortality. Early recognition requires a high index of suspicion. Increased life expectancy, the widespread use of anticoagulants, and the rise of endovascular interventions have caused an increase in the incidence of retroperitoneal bleeding. We present a case of a 74-year-old woman who died because of retroperitoneal bleeding caused by retroperitoneal metastasis of a sigmoid carcinoma with angioinvasive growth into a lumbar artery. In addition we discuss etiology, diagnostic management, and treatment strategy. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3157163/ /pubmed/21860625 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/373047 Text en Copyright © 2011 C. G. Vos and A. W. J. Hoksbergen. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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