Vascular ectasia of the duodenum detected by duodenoscopy.
A 65-yr-old Chinese woman suffered from repeated episodes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding for 5 yr. Despite repeated panendoscopic and angiographic studies, the bleeder was not found until a duodenoscopic examination was performed. A small bleeder was found near the papilla vater area. The lesion was excised and proved to be a vascular ectasia of duodenum.
D000368:Aged; D014670:Ampulla of Vater; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans