title: Arterial embolization for Dieulafoy bleeding.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dieulafoy's lesion is a rare cause of gastrointestinal haemorrhage. It has traditionally been treated either endoscopically or with open surgery.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe a case treated by arterial embolization.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Initially the patient was embolized with Gelfoam pledgets but re-bled at 7 days, the procedure was repeated with fibre coils, there was no further bleeding.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Arterial embolization is being used increasingly as a first line of treatment as it is fast and minimally invasive with few complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Scaramuzzi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Broe
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D016558:Hemostasis, Endoscopic / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome