Endoscopic Treatment of Massive Rectal Bleeding Following Prostate Needle Biopsy

L. L. Strate; M. P. O’Leary; D. L. Carr-Locke

doi:10.1055/s-2001-17920

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2001; 33(11): 981-984
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-17920

Case Report

Endoscopic Treatment of Massive Rectal Bleeding Following Prostate Needle Biopsy

L. L. Strate ¹ , M. P. O’Leary ² , D. L. Carr-Locke ¹

¹ Dept. of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
² Dept. of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Division of Urology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Abstract

We describe two cases of massive rectal bleeding following needle biopsy of the prostate. In each case, colonoscopic evaluation revealed bleeding from the biopsy site. Bleeding was controlled with the placement of a single band in one case, and with epinephrine injection in the other. Endoscopic evaluation of patients presenting with severe rectal bleeding following needle biopsy of the prostate may allow immediate therapy.

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L. L. Strate,M.D., M.P.H.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dept. of Gastroenterology

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Boston, MA 02115
USA

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