title: Massive upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage in a young man: a case of Dieulafoy's syndrome.
abstract: A 23-year-old man was admitted following a massive haematemesis. Dieulafoy's syndrome was diagnosed and the treatment was a partial proximal gastrectomy and pyloroplasty. The diagnosis and approach to surgical management of Dieulafoy's syndrome are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ptasznik
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hennessy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004630:Emergencies; D005743:Gastrectomy; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D013577:Syndrome