Acquired isolated diverticulum at the ileocecal valve presenting as massive hematochezia: an unusual location and cause of gastrointestinal bleeding
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An unusual cause of massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Dieulafoy's lesion within a giant midesophageal diverticulum.
asymptomatic and are often discovered incidentally during endoscopy performed for unrelated reasons. A small proportion present with life−threatening bleeding. We present here a first report of the mas− sive arterial bleeding from Dieulafoy’s le− sion in a midesophageal diverticulum. A 63−year−old man presented with repeat− ed vomiting of fresh blood. Urgent endos− copy revealed a giant midesop...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endoscopy
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0013-726X,1438-8812
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1214858