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Dieulafoy's Lesion in a Duodenal Diverticulum: A Case Report and Literature Review

This report presents a case of Dieulafoy's lesion (DL), a rare and serious gastrointestinal condition, which occurred unusually in a duodenal diverticulum and highlights the diagnostic and management complexities associated with it. A literature review of six similar cases revealed commonalitie...

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Autores principales: Yahia, Zolfekar A, Almutawa, Saud M, Bantan, Bassam N, Alghamdi, Muhannad S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10627415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37937004
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46584
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author Yahia, Zolfekar A
Almutawa, Saud M
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description This report presents a case of Dieulafoy's lesion (DL), a rare and serious gastrointestinal condition, which occurred unusually in a duodenal diverticulum and highlights the diagnostic and management complexities associated with it. A literature review of six similar cases revealed commonalities in presentation, diagnosis, and management, emphasizing the complexities in identifying and handling this rare manifestation of DL. The findings emphasize the need for clinical vigilance and further research into optimizing strategies for diagnosing and managing this rare condition.
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spelling pubmed-106274152023-11-07 Dieulafoy's Lesion in a Duodenal Diverticulum: A Case Report and Literature Review Yahia, Zolfekar A Almutawa, Saud M Bantan, Bassam N Alghamdi, Muhannad S Cureus Gastroenterology This report presents a case of Dieulafoy's lesion (DL), a rare and serious gastrointestinal condition, which occurred unusually in a duodenal diverticulum and highlights the diagnostic and management complexities associated with it. A literature review of six similar cases revealed commonalities in presentation, diagnosis, and management, emphasizing the complexities in identifying and handling this rare manifestation of DL. The findings emphasize the need for clinical vigilance and further research into optimizing strategies for diagnosing and managing this rare condition. Cureus 2023-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10627415/ /pubmed/37937004 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46584 Text en Copyright © 2023, Yahia et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Yahia, Zolfekar A
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Dieulafoy's Lesion in a Duodenal Diverticulum: A Case Report and Literature Review
title Dieulafoy's Lesion in a Duodenal Diverticulum: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Dieulafoy's Lesion in a Duodenal Diverticulum: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Dieulafoy's Lesion in a Duodenal Diverticulum: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Dieulafoy's Lesion in a Duodenal Diverticulum: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Dieulafoy's Lesion in a Duodenal Diverticulum: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort dieulafoy's lesion in a duodenal diverticulum: a case report and literature review
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10627415/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46584
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