Gastroenterology MCQ 127
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A 62 year old man with a history of radiation therapy for prostate cancer 6 years prior has a diverting 
colostomy peformed for complicated diverticulitis with abscess formation. Three weeks after the procedure he begins to experience passage of mucus and blood per rectum, tenesmus, and crampy lower abdominal pain. Sigmoidoscopy reveals friable, erythematous rectal mucosa, with areas of spontaneous hemorrhage. The treatment of choice for this condition is:
endoscopic therapy with the argon plasma coagulator
endoscopic therapy with the YAG laser
endoscopic therapy with bipolar electrocoagulation
cort enemas
surgical reanastomosis
Category: Gastroenterology MCQs
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