Adult small bowel Dieulafoy lesion

A 47 year old woman presented with melaena and haemodynamic instability. Preliminary investigations failed to locate the source of bleeding. At laparotomy an arteriovenous malformation was identified in the distal ileum. Histology revealed this to be of the Dieulafoy type. This is the first publishe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Postgraduate medical journal 2001-12, Vol.77 (914), p.783-784
Hauptverfasser:	Fox, A, Ravi, K, Leeder, P C, Britton, B J, Warren, B F
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	arteriovenous malformation Arteriovenous malformations Arteriovenous Malformations - complications Biological and medical sciences Case Reports Case studies Dieulafoy lesion Endoscopy Endoscopy, Digestive System Female Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - etiology Humans Ileal Diseases - etiology Ileum - blood supply Medical imaging Medical sciences Middle Aged Other diseases. Semiology small bowel Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	A 47 year old woman presented with melaena and haemodynamic instability. Preliminary investigations failed to locate the source of bleeding. At laparotomy an arteriovenous malformation was identified in the distal ileum. Histology revealed this to be of the Dieulafoy type. This is the first published case of a histologically proved ileal Dieulafoy lesion in an adult.
ISSN:	0032-5473 1469-0756
DOI:	10.1136/pmj.77.914.783