Adult small bowel Dieulafoy lesion. Issue 914 (1st December 2001)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fox, A; Ravi, K; Leeder, P C; Britton, B J; Warren, B F
• Is Part Of: Postgraduate medical journal. Volume 77:Issue 914(2001)
• Page Start: 783
• Page End: 784
• Publication Date: 2001-12-01
• Subjects: Dieulafoy lesion -- arteriovenous malformation -- small bowel; Medicine -- Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1136/pmj.77.914.783
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0032-5473

Abstract

Abstract : A 47 year old woman presented with melaena and haemodynamic instability. Preliminary investigations failed to locate the source of bleeding. At laparotomy an arteriovenous malformation was identified in the distal ileum. Histology revealed this to be of the Dieulafoy type. This is the first published case of a histologically proved ileal Dieulafoy lesion in an adult.