title: Giant Left Atrium - A Rare Case of Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
abstract: Acute upper GI bleeding is a common medical emergency with a hospital mortality of approximately 10%. Non variceal UGI bleeding is the most common cause followed by oesophageal varices. Various rare causes have been described in the literature but there are very few cases of giant left atrium leading to oesophageal erosion and causing upper GI bleeding. We are presenting a case of rheumatic valvular heart disease with giant left atrium who presented in our department with acute upper GI bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, CMS-TH, Bharatpur, Nepal.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Dewan
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, CMS-TH, Bharatpur, Nepal.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Patowary
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, CMS-TH, Bharatpur, Nepal.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattarai
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000150:complications; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications
keywords: giant left atrium; oesophgeal erosion; upper GI bleeding.