Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to Dieulafoy lesion of colon.
A 25-year-old man with massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding underwent emergency mesenteric angiography. An actively bleeding lesion was found in the cecum. Right hemicolectomy was performed. Histology revealed a Dieulafoy lesion of the cecum. This is an extremely rare lesion responsible for massive lower GI bleeding.
Pishori
Turab
T
Department of Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Khurshaidi
N
N
Khan
S M
SM
Hussainy
A S
AS
D000328:Adult; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002432:Cecum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000098:blood supply; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male