Lower gastrointestinal bleeding

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Overview

Lower gastrointestinal bleeding Classification and external resources
ICD-10	K92.2
ICD-9	578.9
eMedicine	radio/301

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Lower gastrointestinal bleeding, commonly abbreviated LGIB, refers to any form of bleeding in the lower gastrointestinal tract.

Diagnosis

The following suggest an LGIB:

• Melena and a negative oesophagogastroduodenoscopy
• Hematochezia
• Fecal occult blood

The following may suggest an LGIB:

• Anemia

Causes

• Coagulopathy - specifically a bleeding diathesis
• Colitis
  • ischaemic colitis
  • ulcerative colitis
  • infectious colitis
    • E. coli O157:H7
    • Shigella
    • C. difficile
    • Campylobacter jejuni
• Hemorrhoids
• Angiodysplasia
• Neoplasm - cancer
• Diverticular disease - diverticulosis, diverticulitis

See also

• Fecal occult blood
• Blood in stool
• Rectal bleeding
• Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

External links

• MedlinePlus Encyclopedia 003133
• GI265 at FPnotebook

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v • d • e Digestive system - Digestive disease - Gastroenterology (primarily K20-K93, 530-579)
Upper GI tract	Esophagus Esophagitis (Candidal) - Boerhaave syndrome - UES (Zenker's diverticulum) - LES (Barrett's esophagus, Mallory-Weiss syndrome) - Esophageal motility disorder (Nutcracker esophagus, Achalasia, Diffuse esophageal spasm, GERD) - Esophageal stricture Stomach Peptic (gastric) ulcer - Gastritis (Atrophic, Ménétrier's disease) - Gastroenteritis - Dyspepsia - Pyloric stenosis - Achlorhydria - Gastroparesis - Gastroptosis - Portal hypertensive gastropathy - Gastric antral vascular ectasia - Gastric dumping syndrome
Intestinal	Duodenum/ileum Peptic (duodenal) ulcer - Duodenitis - Ileitis Enteritis & colitis/ enterocolitis noninfective: IBD (Crohn's disease, Ulcerative colitis) - noninfective gastroenteritis infective: Pseudomembranous colitis Vascular Abdominal angina - Mesenteric ischemia - Ischemic colitis - Angiodysplasia Malabsorption Coeliac - Tropical sprue - Blind loop syndrome - Whipple's - Short bowel syndrome - Steatorrhea Motility/ functional Ileus/Bowel obstruction (Intussusception, Volvulus) - Constipation - Diarrhea Functional colonic disease (IBS, Intestinal pseudoobstruction/Ogilvie syndrome) Rectum/anus Proctalgia fugax - Anal fissure/Anal fistula - Anal abscess - Rectal prolapse - Proctitis (Radiation proctitis) Other Diverticulitis/Diverticulosis - Megacolon/Toxic megacolon - Appendicitis
Accessory	Liver/hepatitis Alcoholic liver disease - Liver failure (Hepatic encephalopathy, Acute liver failure) - Cirrhosis - autoimmune (PBC, Autoimmune hepatitis) - Liver abscess - NASH - Fatty liver - Peliosis hepatis - Hepatic veno-occlusive disease - Portal hypertension - Hepatorenal syndrome Gallbladder Gallstones - common bile duct (Choledocholithiasis, Biliary dyskinesia) - Cholecystitis - Cholesterolosis - Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses - Postcholecystectomy syndrome Biliary tree Cholangitis (PSC, Ascending) - Cholestasis/Mirizzi's syndrome - Biliary fistula Pancreatic Pancreatitis (Acute, Chronic, Hereditary) - Pancreatic pseudocyst - Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency - Pancreatic fistula
Hernia	Diaphragmatic: Congenital diaphragmatic - Hiatus Abdominal hernia: Inguinal (Indirect, Direct) - Umbilical - Incisional - Femoral Obturator hernia
Peritoneal	Peritonitis (Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis) - Hemoperitoneum - Pneumoperitoneum
GI bleeding	Upper (Hematemesis, Melena) - Lower (Hematochezia)
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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .