Massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage from a duodenal diverticulum: a case report

Bleeding duodenal diverticulum is a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding, which sometimes can be massive and life threatening. We report one such case and the management, with a successful outcome. Different diagnostic techniques and management options available are also discussed.

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Autores principales: Seneviratne, Sanjeewa Anuruddha, Samarasekera, Dharmabandu Nandadeva
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829848
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6710
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spelling pubmed-27400912009-10-14 Massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage from a duodenal diverticulum: a case report Seneviratne, Sanjeewa Anuruddha Samarasekera, Dharmabandu Nandadeva Cases J Case report Bleeding duodenal diverticulum is a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding, which sometimes can be massive and life threatening. We report one such case and the management, with a successful outcome. Different diagnostic techniques and management options available are also discussed. Cases Network Ltd 2009-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2740091/ /pubmed/19829848 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6710 Text en © 2009 Seneviratne and Samarasekera; licensee Cases Network Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage from a duodenal diverticulum: a case report
title Massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage from a duodenal diverticulum: a case report
title_full Massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage from a duodenal diverticulum: a case report
title_fullStr Massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage from a duodenal diverticulum: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage from a duodenal diverticulum: a case report
title_short Massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage from a duodenal diverticulum: a case report
title_sort massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage from a duodenal diverticulum: a case report
topic Case report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829848
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6710
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