Iranian Journal of Pathology

Episodes of Massive Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Due to Dieulafoy’s Lesion in A 75-Year-Old Man: A Case Report

Document Type : Case Reports

Authors

Sakineh Amoueian 1
Naser Tayyebi 1
Ali Jangjoo 2
Paria Dehghanian 1

1 Dept. of Pathology, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad, Iran

2 Dept. of Surgery, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract
 
Aneurysms of gastric vessels (Dieulafoy`s disease, caliber-persistent artery) are thought to be of malformative rather than degenerative origin. They are usually single, located in the submucosa, usually on the lesser curvature, and characterized by a large tortuous vessel surmounted by a small defect in the overlying mucosa. When the lesion perforates, massive and sometimes fatal hemorrhage may result. Here, we report one patient with massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding who was treated by surgical resection and later diagnosed with dieulafoy`s malformation in the stomach. Thus, physicians should bear in mind dieulafoy’s lesion when they are faced with massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
 

Keywords

Aneurysms
Upper gastrointestinal tract
Bleeding
Iranian Journal of Pathology
Volume 2, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
Summer 2007
Pages 123-125

  • Receive Date 28 September 2014

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