Thalidomide for Bleeding from Small-Intestinal Angiodysplasia

被引:1
|
作者
Topa, Matilde [1 ]
Pessarelli, Tommaso [1 ]
Elli, Luca [2 ]
Sey, Michael [3 ]
Hsia, Cyrus [3 ]
Jairath, Vipul [3 ]
Chen, Huimin [4 ]
Wu, Shan [5 ]
Ge, Zhizheng [6 ]
机构
[1] Univ Milan, Milan, Italy
[2] Fdn IRCCS Ca Granda Osped Maggiore Policlin, Milan, Italy
[3] Western Univ, London, ON, Canada
[4] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Renji Hosp, Sch Med, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[5] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Shanghai Peoples Hosp 6, Sch Med, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[6] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Renji Hosp, Sch Med, Shanghai, Peoples R China
来源
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE | 2024年 / 390卷 / 05期
关键词
MANAGEMENT; DIAGNOSIS;
D O I
10.1056/NEJMc2314599
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
To the Editor: Chen et al. (Nov. 2 issue)(1) found a significant decrease in recurrent suspected small-bowel bleeding due to small-intestinal angiodysplasia (SIA) among thalidomide-treated patients, as well as reasonable short-term safety with respect to thalidomide therapy. However, the article lacks crucial specifics. The enrolled patients needed to have SIA and be unsuitable candidates for endoscopic treatment, yet relevant details about the clinical features of the lesions or the demographic characteristics of the patients that justified the exclusion of enteroscopic treatment are omitted. Moreover, the exclusion criteria regarding clinically relevant coexisting conditions and the median age of the patients (<65 . . .
引用
收藏
页码:471 / 475
页数:5
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [11] Small-bowel angiodysplasia and intestinal bleeding:: a diagnostic challenge
    Averbach, Marcelo
    Marques, Oswaldo Wiliam, Jr.
    Correa, Paulo A. F. P.
    Cappellanes, Carlos Alberto
    Hashiba, Kiyoshi
    GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY, 2006, 64 (06) : 1008 - 1008
  • [12] ANGIODYSPLASIA AS A SOURCE OF INTESTINAL BLEEDING
    MARX, FW
    GRAY, RK
    DUNCAN, AM
    BAKHTIAR, L
    AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 1977, 134 (01): : 125 - 130
  • [13] LOCALIZATION OF SMALL-INTESTINAL BLEEDING - THE ROLE OF INTRAOPERATIVE ENDOSCOPY
    SCOTTCONNE, CEH
    SUBRAMONY, C
    SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY-ULTRASOUND AND INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES, 1994, 8 (08): : 915 - 917
  • [14] PRIMARY SMALL-INTESTINAL LYMPHOMAS IN TAIWAN - IMMUNOPROLIFERATIVE SMALL-INTESTINAL DISEASE AND NONIMMUNOPROLIFERATIVE SMALL-INTESTINAL DISEASE
    SHIH, LY
    LIAW, SJ
    DUNN, P
    KUO, TT
    JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 1994, 12 (07) : 1375 - 1382
  • [15] Small-intestinal bleeding due to metastatic renal cell cancer
    Vazquez, C.
    Berrueta, J.
    De Simone, F.
    Tcheckmedyian, A.
    Gonzalez, N.
    Bernachin, J.
    Perrota, A.
    Curi, J.
    Marino, A.
    Olano, C.
    ENDOSCOPY, 2011, 43 : E13 - E13
  • [16] Small-bowel angiodysplasia and intestinal bleeding: a diagnostic challenge - Commentary
    Brandt, Lawrence J.
    GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY, 2006, 64 (06) : 1009 - 1009
  • [17] EFFECT OF SMALL-INTESTINAL TRANSPLANTATION ON POSTPRANDIAL SMALL-INTESTINAL TRANSIT
    TELFORD, GL
    WALGENBACHTELFORD, S
    KOCH, TR
    AKBAR, W
    MOOREHILTON, G
    APPEL, DA
    JOHNSON, CP
    SARNA, SK
    GASTROENTEROLOGY, 1994, 106 (04) : A577 - A577
  • [18] Unexpected Cause of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Primary Small-Intestinal Angiosarcoma
    Ertem, Furkan U.
    Hartman, Doug
    Dubner, Howard M.
    AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, 2021, 116 (08): : 1579 - 1579
  • [19] SMALL INTESTINAL ANGIODYSPLASIA IN THE ELDERLY
    DURAY, PH
    MARCAL, JM
    LIVOLSI, VA
    FISHER, R
    SCHOLHAMER, C
    BRAND, MH
    JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY, 1984, 6 (04) : 311 - 319
  • [20] THE VALUE OF SMALL-BOWEL FOLLOW THROUGH IN EVALUATING SUSPECTED SMALL-INTESTINAL BLEEDING
    SALAMON, BE
    COOPER, GS
    BUTLER, H
    GASTROENTEROLOGY, 1994, 106 (04) : A25 - A25