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Fatal gastroduodenal necrosis after injection sclerotherapy for bleeding duodenal ulcer
1Department of Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa.
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
|March 1, 1993
Abstract:
Complications after endoscopic injection therapy to control bleeding from peptic ulcers are uncommon and rarely fatal. We report a case of fatal gastroduodenal necrosis and postulate that accidental intra-arterial injection may be responsible for this event.