Recent Dieulafoy's lesion bleeding and massive pulmonary emboli. Successful use of thrombolytic therapy.
A massive GI bleed secondary to a Dieulafoy's lesion developed in a 77-year-old woman. Fifteen days later, massive pulmonary emboli developed. We describe successful thrombolytic treatment of her pulmonary emboli without complicating GI hemorrhage.
Levin
M S
MS
Department of Medicine, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Massachusetts, USA.
Vernovsky
I
I
Beer
D J
DJ
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy