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Gastrointestinal Bleeding

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Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding describes a large variety of clinical conditions and underlying pathology in any location of the GI tract. It is common practice to subdivide GI bleeding disorders into upper und lower GI bleeding. Upper GI bleeding (UGIB) denotes bleeding sources in the esophagus and stomach, sometimes including the duodenum up to the ligament of Treitz. Conversely, lower GI bleeding (LGIB) encompasses bleeding pathologies that arise from the small intestine and the colon, up to and including the anal canal.

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  1. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Department of Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany

    Joachim Lotz

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  1. Department of Radiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Peter Debijelaan 25, 6229 HX, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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  2. University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany

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  3. European Business Unit Diagnostic Imaging, Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Muellerstrasse 178, 13353, Berlin, Germany

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  4. Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine University Hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim-University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

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Lotz, J. (2008). Gastrointestinal Bleeding. In: Leiner, T., Goyen, M., Rohrer, M., Schönberg, S. (eds) Clinical Blood Pool MR Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77861-5_13

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