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MASSIVE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE IN A YOUNG MAN: A CASE OF DIEULAFOY'S SYNDROME
Author(s) -
Read A.,
Chou S. T.,
Ptasznik R.,
Hennessy P.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1992.tb05469.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pyloroplasty , gastrectomy , surgery , general surgery , vagotomy , cancer
A 23 year old man was admitted following a massive haematemesis. Dieulafoy's syndrome was diagnosed and the treatment was a partial proximal gastrectomy and pyloroplasty. The diagnosis and approach to surgical management of Dieulafoy's syndrome are discussed.