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Esophageal Dieulafoy's lesion: an exceedingly rare cause of massive upper GI bleeding

Dieulafoy's lesion, a dilated aberrant submucosal vessel which erodes the overlying epithelium, is a relatively rare but potentially fatal cause of gastrointestinal (Gl) bleeding. The esophagus is a very rare location for the lesion. Here we present a case of massive upper GI bleeding, secondar...

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Autores principales: Malliaras, George P., Carollo, Andrea, Bogen, Gregg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4906533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27302497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw074