Early diagnosis of colonic carcinoma: a haemorrhagic complication after the use of tissue plasminogen activator.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Haemorrhagic complications of thrombolytic therapy for myocardial infarction are common. A 68 year old man presented with a myocardial infarction and was started on tissue plasminogen activator. Soon after he experienced rectal bleeding and a barium enema showed a small carcinoma in the colon, which was treated surgically. It is important that gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to thrombolysis is always investigated for an underlying cause.
Medical subject headings
- Carcinoma
- Colonic Neoplasms
- Fibrinolytic Agents
- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
- Thrombolytic Therapy
- Tissue Plasminogen Activator