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KMID : 0357820140380030113
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Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
2014 Volume.38 No. 3 p.113 ~ p.115
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Death due to Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Associated with Dieulafoy’s Lesion
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Park Jae-Hong
Ha Hong-Il
Kim Min-Jung
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Abstract
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Dieulafoy’s lesion is a rare condition that may cause intermittent or massive gastrointestinal bleeding. It is characterized by the exteriorization of an arterial vessel into the lumen of the affected organ, generally the upper digestive tract, through an apparently normal mucosa or a small tear or erosion. We report two patients with Dieulafoy’s lesions, one in whom the lesion was misdiagnosed as a submucosal tumor and endoscopic biopsy resulted in fatal bleeding.
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KEYWORD
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Gastrointestinal hemorrhage, Endoscopy, Death, Autopsy
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