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Dieulafoy's disease: A distinctive arteriovenous malformation causing massive gastric haemorrhage

1983; Oxford University Press; Volume: 70; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/bjs.1800700207

1365-2168

N J McC Mortensen, R A Mountford, J D Davies, W. D. Jeans,

Esophageal and GI Pathology

Abstract Dieulafoy's disease is a distinctive arteriovenous malformation of the gastric fundus, which presents with massive or recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding. The lesion is very small and easily overlooked even at laparotomy, and can only be correctly diagnosed by endoscopy or arteriography if the patient is actively bleeding. A wedge resection will stop bleeding and give histological confirmation of the characteristic submucosal vessels.