Posts: 3,675,934
Threads: 734,342
Joined:
Sep 2021
Reputation:
5
A 70-year-old woman is evaluated with colonoscopy for anemia and intermittently hemoccult-positive stools. A diagnosis of multiple arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) is made by which of the following diagnostic procedures
A.
Biopsy
B.
Visual inspection
C.
Arteriography
D.
Venography
E.
Lymphangiography
Posts: 3,675,934
Threads: 734,342
Joined:
Sep 2021
Reputation:
5
B)
AVMs r typically seen at d time of colonoscopy
Posts: 3,675,934
Threads: 734,342
Joined:
Sep 2021
Reputation:
5
c??? chance of bleeding incr with colonoscopy..
Posts: 3,675,934
Threads: 734,342
Joined:
Sep 2021
Reputation:
5
additionally can we take visual inspection for granted for colonoscopy.....???????????.....plus confirmation is only done by biopsy....as bleeder could be a cancer too....does that mae sense??? but if i get colonoscopy in choice i think i'll tick that..