Barium Impaction Therapy for Refractory Colonic Diverticular Bleeding
Nobuyuki Matsuhashi1,
Masaaki Akahane2 and
Atsushi Nakajima3
1 Department of Gastroenterology, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 113-8655 Japan.
2 Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
113-8655 Japan.
3 Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University, 3-9 Fukuura,
Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 263-0004 Japan.

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Fig. 1. 71-year-old woman with bleeding diverticulum in ascending
colon. Abdominal radiograph taken 6 days after barium impaction therapy shows
that barium remains in colon, appendix, and colonic diverticula. Refractory
bleeding stopped after therapy.
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