Haemorrhage from a Dieulafoy lesion in the sigmoid colon – a case report

Zbigniew Kula; Janusz Kowalewski

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Gastroenterology Review/Przegląd Gastroenterologiczny

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Haemorrhage from a Dieulafoy lesion in the sigmoid colon – a case report

Zbigniew Kula

,

Janusz Kowalewski

Przegląd Gastroenterologiczny 2008; 3 (6): 321–324

Online publish date: 2009/01/16

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Dieulafoy lesion is an often unrecognized cause of obscure, massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage. The lesion is usually located in the proximal stomach, but it may occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract. Dieulafoy lesions are routinely diagnosed and treated endoscopically. We describe a 65-year-old man who presented with severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding caused by a sigmoid colon Dieulafoy lesion and treated successfully with endoscopic haemoclipping.

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Haemorrhage from a Dieulafoy lesion in the sigmoid colon – a case report

Zbigniew Kula , Janusz Kowalewski

Dieulafoy lesion, sigmoid colon, endoscopic therapy

Zbigniew Kula

,

Janusz Kowalewski