Endoscopic management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding from a duodenal diverticulum.
Hemorrhage from duodenal diverticulum is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. The side-viewing endoscope was used for almost all cases of diagnosis and endoscopic hemostasis. However, a forward-viewing endoscope is used in emergent endoscopic study for upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. We report a case in which the endoscopic hemostasis of bleeding duodenal diverticulum was performed during emergent forward-viewing endoscopic study.
Gunji
Naoto
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Department of Surgery, Ogawa-machi Kokuho Chuoh Hospital, 651-2, Nakanobe, Ogawa-machi, Ibaraki, 311-3422, Japan. n.gunji@d4.dion.ne.jp
Miyamoto
Hiroshi
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D000368:Aged; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery*; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D020698:Duodenoscopes; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome