Role of interventional radiology in the management of acute gastrointestinal bleeding

Figure 2 Lower gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to angiodysplasia. Sixty-one-year-old female with multiple bloody stools prior to admission and negative colonoscopy. A: Tc-99m red blood cell study demonstrates active bleeding in the region of the cecum; B and C: Selective catheterization of the distal ileocolic artery demonstrates a small focus of hemorrhage consistent with an area of angiodysplasia; D and E: Coil embolization was performed with two 3 mm coils. Post embolization images demonstrates resolved bleeding.