Gastric lethal hemorrhage due to Dieulafoy’s disease

Gastric Dieulafoy’s lesion (DL) is a potentially fatal entity that causes upper digestive hemorrhage as a consequence of the erosion of an abnormal large-caliber artery in the submucosa of the gastrointestinal tract. We report the case of a 59-year-old female patient admitted to the emergency facili...

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Main Author: Cesar Cilento Ponce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2018-03-01
Series:Autopsy and Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/autopsy/article/view/147150