[The diagnosis and treatment of Dieulafoy's syndrome]

Dieulafoy's lesion is one of numerous causes of acute gastrointestinal bleedings. A prospective study of the Dieulafoy lesion were carried out from 1989 till 1995. Under study there were 8 patients. Acute Dieulafoy ulcers are most often localize in the upper third of the stomach and cause massive bleedings. The authors consider urgent laparotomy with gastrotomy, dissection of the ulcer and suturing the vessel to be the operation of choice.