Case report: Dieulafoy lesion in the stomach as a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Jesus Sebastian Luna Medrano, Maylin Abigail Matienzo Rafael, Royler R Flores-Catiri, Pedro Chunga, Rosita Gomero, Paolo Augusto Romero Merino · 2026
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Jesus Sebastian Luna Medrano and co-authors report a case of severe stomach bleeding from a rare vessel defect in a paper published in 2026. A Dieulafoy lesion is a large artery lying just under the stomach lining, and it causes about one in a hundred cases of upper gut bleeding. When it bursts, patients can fall into shock.
The patient was a woman whose bleeding came from such a lesion. Care combined careful fluid replacement guided by blood flow goals, transfusions of red cells, plasma, and platelets, plus drugs to support blood pressure. Surgery finally stopped the bleeding, and her condition stabilized. The authors stress that support of circulation is as vital as the procedure that closes the lesion.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jesus Sebastian Luna Medrano, Maylin Abigail Matienzo Rafael, Royler R Flores-Catiri, Pedro Chunga, Rosita Gomero, Paolo Augusto Romero Merino |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 13 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |