Colonic Dieulafoy’s Lesion: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage and Review of Endoscopic Management
Joint Authors
Ma, Christopher
Hundal, Rajveer
Cheng, Edwin J.
Source
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-10-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Dieulafoy’s lesions are a rare cause of gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
Extragastric Dieulafoy’s lesions are even more uncommon.
We report the case of a 75-year-old woman who presented with gastrointestinal bleeding from a transverse colonic Dieulafoy’s lesion.
She presented with two episodes of melena followed by one episode of fresh blood per rectum.
In addition, there was associated presyncope and anemia (hemoglobin 69 g/L) in the setting of supratherapeutic warfarin anticoagulation (INR 6.2) for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy was negative for an upper GI source of bleeding but on colonoscopy an actively oozing Dieulafoy’s lesion was identified in the transverse colon.
Bipolar cautery and hemostatic endoclips were applied to achieve hemostasis.
Clinicians should consider this rare entity as a potential cause of potentially life-threatening lower gastrointestinal bleeding and we review the endoscopic modalities effective for managing colonic Dieulafoy’s lesions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ma, Christopher& Hundal, Rajveer& Cheng, Edwin J.. 2014. Colonic Dieulafoy’s Lesion: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage and Review of Endoscopic Management. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ma, Christopher…[et al.]. Colonic Dieulafoy’s Lesion: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage and Review of Endoscopic Management. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ma, Christopher& Hundal, Rajveer& Cheng, Edwin J.. Colonic Dieulafoy’s Lesion: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage and Review of Endoscopic Management. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1017060
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1017060