Angiodysplasia in a duodenal diverticulum as an unusual cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Articles > Article · 2001
Authors: Fulya GÜNŞAR, C YILDIZ, Ahmet AYDIN, Ahmet Ömer ÖZÜTEMİZ
European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2001, vol 13, pp 717-719
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200106000-00017
Summary
The majority of duodenal diverticula are asymptomatic but may also induce major haemorrhage on rare occasions. Gastrointestinal bleeding due to angiodysplasia in a duodenal diverticulum is very rare. We present a 70-year-old woman with repeated melaena in whom the diagnosis of angiodysplasia in a diverticulum of the fourth part of the duodenum could be made by standard upper endoscopy.