ME24.A4
Melaena
Melena
CategoryDefinition
It is bloody stools that indicate bleeding from vascular system in the digestive tract. It is also described as black, tarry, and foul-smelling stools or red/maroon-coloured stools that contain degraded blood.
Exclusions
- occult blood in faeces
Index Terms
Melaenaaltered blood in stoolaltered blood passed per rectumtarry stoolsblack tarry stoolmelaena due to gastrointestinal haemorrhageblood in faecesblood in stoolbloody stoolfaeces bloodstainedpassage of bloody stools