It Runs in the Family: A Rare Case of Familial Idiopathic Colonic Varices
The rarity of this case is of particular concern for clinicians due to its life threatening complication of severe lower gastrointestinal bleed - a true medical emergency. This is particularly difficult in the absence of usual predisposing triggers. Differential diagnoses should be considered in patients that present with rectal bleeding of unknown cause.
Authors
- George Trad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9702-4970)
- Hatim Gemil
- Rakahn Haddadin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8722-730X)
- Muhammad Ameen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4754-6778)
- Ozoemena Akah
- John Ryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2805-8808)
Institutions
- California Miramar University (US)
- VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System (US)
- nView Medical (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
- Published
- 2025-05-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.55729/2000-9666.1473
- Primary Topic
- Diverticular Disease and Complications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- HCA Healthcare