Gastric lethal hemorrhage due to Dieulafoy's disease
Autops. Case Rep
; 8(1): e2018006, Jan.-Mar. 2018. ilus
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ABSTRACT
Gastric Dieulafoy's lesion (DL) is a potentially fatal entity that causes upper digestive hemorrhage as a consequence of the erosion of an abnormal large-caliber artery in the submucosa of the gastrointestinal tract. We report the case of a 59-year-old female patient admitted to the emergency facility due to melena without any active sign of bleeding during the esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Unexpectedly, she progressed presenting a massive hematemesis followed by an irreversible cardiorespiratory arrest. The aim of this study is to draw attention to DL as a possible cause of massive and fatal digestive hemorrhage, and to describe the anatomical autopsy findings.
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Assunto principal:
Gastropatias
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Hemorragia Gastrointestinal
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Female
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Autops. Case Rep
Assunto da revista:
Anatomia
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Patologia Cl¡nica
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Patologia Legal
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article