Upper gastrointestinal bleeding from duodenal vascular ectasia in a patient with cirrhosis.
We report a cirrhotic patient with duodenal vascular ectasia and spontaneous bleeding. The bleeding was successfully controlled with argon plasma coagulation. Duodenal vascular ectasia may be a cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis, and argon plasma coagulation may be effective and safe to achieve hemostasis of this lesion.
Lee
Beom Jae
BJ
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Gurodong-gil 97, Guro-gu, Seoul 152-703, Korea.
Park
Jong-Jae
JJ
Seo
Yeon Seok
YS
Kim
Ji Hoon
JH
Kim
Aeree
A
Yeon
Jong Eun
JE
Kim
Jae Seon
JS
Byun
Kwan Soo
KS
Bak
Young-Tae
YT
D001128:Argon; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D020252:Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D001128:Argon