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Dieulafoy's disease of the airways: a comprehensive review of a rare entity
Author(s) -
Viola Patrizia,
Amat Villegas Irene,
Dusmet Michael,
Nicholson Andrew G,
Montero Fernandez Maria Angeles
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/his.13000
Subject(s) - disease , content (measure theory) , medicine , intensive care medicine , computer science , disease entity , pathology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Dieulafoy's disease (DD) is characterized by the presence of an anomalous blood vessel within the submucosa, sometimes presenting with life-threatening haemorrhages. Firstly described in the stomach in 1898, this condition has been occasionally reported in the respiratory system [1] and,following a recent case in our institution, we performed a systematic analysis of the literature from 1995 to 2015 on articles describing cases involving the bronchial tree to look at criteria for diagnosis and management. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved