Argon plasma coagulation in the treatment of hemorrhagic radiation proctitis. 2005

Mehmet Büyükberber, and M Cemil Savaş, and Murat Taner Gülşen, and Mehmet Koruk, and Abdurrahman Kadayifçi
Department of Gastroenterology, Medical Faculty, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey. mbuyukberber@gantep.edu.tr

Hemorrhagic radiation proctosigmoiditis is a serious complication of pelvic radiation therapy. Pharmacotherapy is generally ineffective in the treatment of chronic radiation proctitis. Argon plasma coagulation is an effective, safe and well-tolerated therapy option for radiation proctitis. We report a case of hemorrhagic radiation proctosigmoiditis treated successfully with Argon plasma coagulation. We used argon plasma coagulation for mucosal coagulation in painting pattern set at 1.5 L/min and 60 W. After five therapy sessions with argon plasma coagulation, the patient's rectal bleeding and anemia resolved. After four months of argon plasma coagulation therapy, the patient is well and her endoscopic examination showed remarkable improvement of the vascular lesions. Blood transfusion requirement was resolved after therapy, and hemoglobin level increased from 8.2 g/dl to 11.5 g/dl. Argon plasma coagulation therapy may be useful as alternative treatment for hemorrhagic radiation proctitis. Future prospective controlled trials are necessary to confirm the efficacy of argon plasma coagulation in the treatment of radiation proctitis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011349 Proctitis INFLAMMATION of the MUCOUS MEMBRANE of the RECTUM, the distal end of the large intestine (INTESTINE, LARGE). Proctitides
D011832 Radiation Injuries Harmful effects of non-experimental exposure to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation in VERTEBRATES. Radiation Sickness,Radiation Syndrome,Injuries, Radiation,Injury, Radiation,Radiation Injury,Radiation Sicknesses,Radiation Syndromes,Sickness, Radiation,Sicknesses, Radiation,Syndrome, Radiation,Syndromes, Radiation
D002277 Carcinoma A malignant neoplasm made up of epithelial cells tending to infiltrate the surrounding tissues and give rise to metastases. It is a histological type of neoplasm and not a synonym for "cancer." Carcinoma, Anaplastic,Carcinoma, Spindle-Cell,Carcinoma, Undifferentiated,Carcinomatosis,Epithelial Neoplasms, Malignant,Epithelioma,Epithelial Tumors, Malignant,Malignant Epithelial Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Malignant Epithelial,Anaplastic Carcinoma,Anaplastic Carcinomas,Carcinoma, Spindle Cell,Carcinomas,Carcinomatoses,Epithelial Neoplasm, Malignant,Epithelial Tumor, Malignant,Epitheliomas,Malignant Epithelial Neoplasm,Malignant Epithelial Tumor,Malignant Epithelial Tumors,Neoplasm, Malignant Epithelial,Spindle-Cell Carcinoma,Spindle-Cell Carcinomas,Tumor, Malignant Epithelial,Undifferentiated Carcinoma,Undifferentiated Carcinomas
D002583 Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the UTERINE CERVIX. Cancer of Cervix,Cancer of the Cervix,Cancer of the Uterine Cervix,Cervical Cancer,Cervical Neoplasms,Cervix Cancer,Cervix Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Cervical,Neoplasms, Cervix,Uterine Cervical Cancer,Cancer, Cervical,Cancer, Cervix,Cancer, Uterine Cervical,Cervical Cancer, Uterine,Cervical Cancers,Cervical Neoplasm,Cervical Neoplasm, Uterine,Cervix Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Cervix,Neoplasm, Uterine Cervical,Uterine Cervical Cancers,Uterine Cervical Neoplasm
D003113 Colonoscopy Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the luminal surface of the colon. Colonoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Colonoscopic,Colonoscopic Surgery,Surgery, Colonoscopic,Colonoscopic Surgeries,Colonoscopic Surgical Procedure,Colonoscopies,Procedure, Colonoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Colonoscopic Surgical,Surgeries, Colonoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Colonoscopic
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260 Female Females
D006471 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Bleeding in any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM. Hematochezia,Hemorrhage, Gastrointestinal,Gastrointestinal Hemorrhages,Hematochezias
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

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