title: Rectal dieulafoy lesion managed by hemostatic clips.
abstract: The classic Dieulafoy lesion is a minute gastric mucosal defect which bleeds massively from an exposed artery. The typical endoscopic appearance of this lesion is a single, round mucosal defect with an artery protruding from its base in the absence of surrounding ulceration. We encountered an 89-year-old man who developed sudden massive fresh rectal bleeding. The source of hemorrhage was found at colonoscopy after careful irrigation and inspection to be a Dieulafoy lesion situated in rectum. Hemostasis was achieved successfully with epinephrine injection and endoscopic hemostatic clipping.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyung Hun
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Joo Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung Eun
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seun Ja
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Moo In
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Won
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Moon