Dieulafoy disease of the stomach presenting as mass lesion--a case report.
Dieulafoy disease is a rare cause of severe gastrointestinal haemorrhage. The lesion is usually located in the stomach, although it may occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract. It is characterized by severe bleeding from a minute submucosal arteriole that bleeds through a punctate erosion in an otherwise normal mucosa. We describe a 55 year old patient of severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding caused by a gastric Dieulafoy disease, presenting as a mass lesion in the stomach, diagnosed clinically and radiologically as gastrointestinal stromal tumour. Increased awareness and early endoscopy are important for accurate diagnosis.
Badwal
Sonia
S
Department of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Jain
Manoj
M
Rastogi
Archana
A
Rawat
Amit
A
Agrawal
Tanu
T
D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*