Life-threatening bleeding from gastric dieulafoy’s lesion in a pregnant woman with hellp syndrome: a case report and literature review

Abstract Background Dieulafoy’s lesion (DL) is one of the rare causes of upper gastrointestional bleeding. This disease is characterized by small sub-mucosal arteriole that eroded the stomach mucosa and cause severe upper GI bleeding without obvious ulceration. The most common location is fundus are...

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Main Authors: Chen Si, Zhu Xiuli, Xie Li, Jia Yong, Zhou Ying, Zhang Kaiguang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12876-017-0646-1