Exsanguinating Hemorrhage from Diverticulosis of the Ascending Colon

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Abstract
EXSANGUINATING hemorrhage requiring emergency operation is an infrequent complication of diverticular disease of the colon. In the past fifteen years at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital massive hemorrhage has been the indication for operation in only 8 (5 per cent) of 160 patients surgically treated for diverticular disease.1 , 2 This is a report of the only case of exsanguinating hemorrhage in which the bleeding site could be demonstrated in a diverticulum of the ascending colon.Case ReportC.M., a 44-year-old mother of 1 child, entered the emergency room of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital at 2 p.m. on February 25, 1965. . . .