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Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding


Inflammation
   Esophageal ulcer
   Gastric ulcer*
   Duodenal ulcer*
   Idiopathic HIV–related esophageal ulcer
   Stomal ulceration
   Erosive esophagitis*
   Bile acid–induced esophagitis
   Erosive gastritis*
   Bile acid–induced gastritis
   Erosive duodenitis*
   Stress ulceration
   Medication-induced esophagitis
   NSAID–induced gastrointestinal ulceration*
   Barrett's ulcer
   Graft-versus-host disease
   Caustic ingestion
   Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
   Behçet's disease
   Crohn's disease
   Gastric sarcoidosis
   Hypertrophic gastropathy
Infection
   Esophageal moniliasis
   Herpes esophagitis
   CMV esophagitis
   CMV gastritis
   H. pylori–associated gastritis
   Bacterial, fungal, and viral enteritis
   M. avium   complex
Neoplasms
   Esophageal carcinoma
   Gastric carcinoma
   Small-bowel carcinoma
   Ampullary carcinoma
   Lymphoma
   Kaposi's sarcoma
   Upper gastrointestinal polyps
   Leiomyoma
   Sarcoma
   Neurofibroma
   Carcinoid tumor
   Hemangioma
   Plasmacytoma
   Metastatic neoplasms
   Heterotopic pancreatic tissue
Vascular lesions
   Esophageal varices*
   Gastric varices
   Portal hypertensive gastropathy
   Duodenal varices
   Ischemic enteritis
   Aortoenteric fistula
   Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
   Angiodysplasia
   Arteriovenous malformations
   Vasculitis (see vasculitides listed in Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding section)
   Dieulafoy lesion
   Gastric antral vascular ectasia (Watermelon stomach)
Other causes
   Mallory-Weiss tear*
   Esophageal rupture (Boerhaave's syndrome)
   Duodenal diverticulum
   Meckel's diverticulum
   Other gastrointestinal diverticula
   Anticoagulant therapy
   Blood diseases and coagulopathies (e.g., hemophilia, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura)
   Uremia
   Amyloidosis
   Hemobilia
   Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome
   Epistaxis
   Hemoptysis
   Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
   Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
   Intramural hematomas
   Whipple's disease
   Celiac disease
   Gastrointestinal foreign bodies
   Gastric prolapse into duodenum
   Volvulus
   Intussusception

Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding


Inflammation
   Ulcerative colitis/proctitis
   Crohn's disease
   Radiation colitis*
   Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome
   Stercoral ulcer
   Anal trauma
   Typhlitis
   Medication-induced ulceration (i.e., NSAIDs, chemotherapy)
   Eosinophilic colitis
   Diversion colitis
   Pouchitis
   Behçet's disease
   Graft-versus-host disease
Infection
   Bacterial
   Pseudomembranous colitis

   Salmonella

   Shigella

   Campylobacter

   E. coli

   Vibrio

       Gonorrhea (proctitis)
       Lymphogranuloma venereum
       Tuberculosis
       Actinomycosis
       Syphilis
   Parasitic
       Ameba
          Schistosoma
          Whipworm
   Viral
       Condyloma acuminata (anal warts)
       CMV
       HSV
   Fungal
       Histoplasmosis
Neoplasms
   Colon polyps*
   Carcinoma of the colon and rectum*
   Carcinoma of the anus
   Familial adenomatous polyposis
   Gardner's syndrome
   Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
   Juvenile polyposis
   Cronkhite-Canada syndrome
   Hamartomas
   Leiomyomas
   Leiomyosarcomas
   Kaposi's sarcoma
   Sarcomas
   Lymphomas
   Neurofibromas
   Hemangiomas
   Melanomas
   Carcinoid tumors
   Metastatic neoplasms
Vascular lesions
   Ischemic colitis*
       Mesenteric arterial thrombus
       Mesenteric arterial embolus
       Nonocclusive small bowel ischemia
   Mesenteric venous thrombosis
   Internal hemorrhoids*
   External hemorrhoids*
   Portal colopathy
   Angiodysplasia*
   Dieulafoy lesion of the colon
   Colonic varices
   Vasculitis
       Polyarteritis nodosa
       Systemic lupus erythematosus
       Rheumatoid vasculitis
       Dermatomyositis
       Stevens-Johnson syndrome
       Henoch-Schönlein purpura
       Hemolytic uremic syndrome
       Churg-Strauss syndrome
       Wegener's granulomatosis
       Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia
       Giant cell arteritis
       Köhlmeier-Degos disease
   Aortointestinal fistula
   Arteriovenous malformation
   Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
Other causes
   All upper gastrointestinal sources
   Anal fissure
   Foreign body
   Diverticulosis*
   Incarcerated hernia
   Volvulus
   Intussusception
   Prolapse of the rectum
   Uremia
   Amyloidosis
   Anticoagulation
   Blood diseases and coagulopathy
   Long-distance running
   Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome
   Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
   Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
   Endometriosis
   Colitis cystica profunda
   Pneumatosis intestinalis

References


1. Laine L: Acute and Chronic Gastrointestinal Bleeding, pp. 198–219. See Bibliography, 1.
2. Katz PO, Salas L: Less Frequent Causes of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Gastroenterol Clin North Am   22:875–898, 1993.
3. Bogoch A: Bleeding from the Alimentary Tract, pp. 61–86. See Bibliography, 2.
4. Miller LS, Barbarevech C, Friedman LS: Less Frequent Causes of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Gastroenterol Clin North Am   22:21–52, 1994.

*Common causes of acute bleeding.

Book Source Details

  • Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
  • Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
  • Year of Publication: 1999
  • Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 2008 Williams & Wilkins.

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More About This Book:
Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Authors: Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Copyright: 1999
ISBN: 0-78171-943-7

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