Massive recurrent hemorrhage due to duodenal diverticulum--role of tattooing and suture plication.
We report a 79-year-old lady with massive recurrent GI bleeding from a duodenal diverticulum arising at the mesenteric border. We used tattooing during endoscopy as a method for identifying the bleeding source at surgery. The diverticulum was treated with suture plication.
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Department of Surgery, Calderdale Royal Hospital, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. dbanerjee@blueyonder.co.uk
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D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D013537:Sutures; D013653:Tattooing