The Hidden Culprit in a Massive Episode of Hematemesis: A Dieulafoy's Lesion

A Dieulafoy’s lesion is described as a tortuous, dilated aberrant submucosal vessel that can penetrate through the mucosa and rupture spontaneously, resulting in severe gastrointestinal bleeding. The lesion is most commonly found in the proximal stomach. Historically, it has had up to an 80% mortali...

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Autores principales: Khalid, Sameen, Abbass, Aamer, Do, Tiffanie, Malhotra, Divyanshu, Albors-Mora, Melanie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
Materias:
Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5106205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27882271
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.824

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5106205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27882271
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.824

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