title: Unusual causes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Review of Chinese literature.
abstract: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGB) is a life-threatening complication of gastrointestinal diseases. There is a large variety of uncommon reasons which contribute to UGB and might become reasons for misdiagnosis and sometimes lead to fatal consequences. In this review, clinical characteristics of uncommon causes of UGB reported in the Chinese literature are summarized.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital Affiliated to Second Military Medical Hospital, Shanghai, China;
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital Affiliated to Second Military Medical Hospital, Shanghai, China; ; Department of General Surgery, Zambia Army Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
authors.forename: Eliakim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Manda
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital Affiliated to Second Military Medical Hospital, Shanghai, China;
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Qiu
keywords: China; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding; unusual cause