Dieulafoy’s Lesion In The Oesophagus: A Rare Cause Of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

A Dieulafoy’s lesion is defined as a dilated, aberrant, submucosal artery that erodes overlying mucosa in the absence of an underlying ulcer, aneurysm or intrinsic mural abnormality. It is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleed with a very high mortality rate if it goes unidentified. It i...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Nemakayala, Divyesh Reddy, Rai, Manoj P, Yam, Julie L, Laird-Fick, Heather
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Rare Disease
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5836664/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29437719
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-221552
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