Massive Gastric Hemorrhage due to Dieulafoy's Lesion in a Preterm Neonate: A Case Report and Literature Review of the Lesion in Neonates

Dieulafoy's lesion is an extremely rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the neonatal age group. Till now, only 6 cases of Dieulafoy's lesion in neonatal period have been reported in the international literature. Herein, we report an extremely rare case of Dieulafoy's lesio...

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Autores principales: Salakos, Christos, Kafritsa, Panayiota, de Verney, Yvelise, Sageorgi, Ariadni, Zavras, Nick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4475741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26167323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/937839
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Sumario:Dieulafoy's lesion is an extremely rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the neonatal age group. Till now, only 6 cases of Dieulafoy's lesion in neonatal period have been reported in the international literature. Herein, we report an extremely rare case of Dieulafoy's lesion in a preterm neonate.

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