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Upper-gastrointestinal bleeding from angiodysplasia of the minor papilla
C L Mabee1, J Lucas, J J Fromkes
1Department of Medicine and Pathology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus 43210, USA.
Abstract:
Angiodysplasia is an often unrecognized cause of upper-gastrointestinal bleeding, most commonly found in the antrum of the stomach but also in the duodenum and rarely in the esophagus. Small-intestinal angiodysplasia is the source of gastrointestinal bleeding of obscure origin in 30-40% of cases. The diagnosis is usually made by esophagogastroduodenoscopy, push enteroscopy, or selective angiography. We report the first case of angiodysplasia of the minor papilla diagnosed by side-viewing duodenoscopy.
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