Embolization of a bleeding Dieulafoy lesion of the duodenum in a child. Case report and review of the literature

Ahmad I Alomari; Victor Fox; Daniel Kamin; Amna Afzal; Ryan Arnold; Gulraiz Chaudry

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.10.055

Embolization of a bleeding Dieulafoy lesion of the duodenum in a child. Case report and review of the literature

J Pediatr Surg. 2013 Jan;48(1):e39-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.10.055.

Authors

Ahmad I Alomari¹, Victor Fox, Daniel Kamin, Amna Afzal, Ryan Arnold, Gulraiz Chaudry

Affiliation

¹ Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 23331838
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.10.055

Abstract

We report an adolescent with chronic, recurrent upper gastrointestinal bleeding in whom extensive prior investigations failed to reveal the source of bleeding. Angiography accurately identified a bleeding Dieulafoy lesion of the duodenum which was successfully embolized. The clinical history, angiographic appearances and treatment of this rare lesion are presented.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Duodenal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Duodenal Diseases / therapy*
Embolization, Therapeutic*
Female
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / therapy*
Humans
Radiography