Ileal Dieulafoy lesion arose 15 years after partial small bowel resection for meconium obstruction of the neonate: a case report

Background Anastomotic or perianastomotic ulcers present with symptoms such as chronic anaemia and occult bleeding as long-term complications of bowel resection performed in infancy. Case presentation Herein, we describe a 15-year-old girl with a history of surgery for meconium obstruction without mucoviscidosis in infancy who was hospitalized with chief complaints of presyncope and convulsions. Seven hours after admission, she developed melena and went into shock. An emergency laparotomy was performed, and a Dieulafoy lesion was detected near the site of ileal anastomosis from the surgery that had been performed during infancy. Conclusions Although overt massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding necessitating emergency care is rare in the long term after infant bowel resection, Dieulafoy lesions can cause serious bleeding, requiring rapid life-saving haemostatic procedures.

EP.FRI.988Life threatening recurrent bleeding gastric fundus Dieulafoy lesion: A case report

Introduction Dieulafoy lesion is a rare but significant cause of upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) bleeding. Over 75% of Dieulafoy lesions are located in the stomach and they tend to be responsible for recurrent upper GIT bleeding. Endoscopic therapy is the first line intervention to achieve haemostasis. Patient A 49-year old normally fit man known to have a gastric Dieulafoy lesion since 2008 presented with a history of collapse on the street and significant melaena. He was tachycardic, with a heart rate of 116, and hypotensive, blood pressure 109/68 mmHg on admission. He had significant upper GIT bleeding from the gastric fundus Dieulafoy lesion in April 2008, requiring a massive blood transfusion. At the time, the attempted endoscopic therapy was unsuccessful, resulting in an emergency surgery and under-running of the bleeding vessels. For the recent admission, he underwent an urgent therapeutic oesophagogastroduodenoscopy, with 3 endoscopic clips applied, but this failed to maintain haemostasis. Four units of packed red cell were transfused and he was transferred immediately to the operating theatre. He underwent an emergency laparotomy, adhesiolysis, gastrostomy and wedge resection of the bleeding gastric fundus Dieulafoy lesion using a linear cutter 75mm stapler. He had an uneventful post-operative recovery and was discharged home on day four after surgery. The histology of the wedged gastric specimen confirmed an area of gastric mucosa ulceration with a network of mixed dilated, thin and thick-walled tortuous vessels in the adjacent submucosal layer. The histologic features are consistent with a bleeding gastric Dieulafoy lesion.

Massively bleeding Dieulafoy lesion and unique rescue: a video based case report from National Liver Institute, Menoufia University

Background Dieulafoy arteriole is a lamina propria vessel that unlike the other arterioles is getting bigger and bending into the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract. Such anatomic aberration is unusual cause for life threatening gastrointestinal bleeds. Case presentation Herein, we report a case of an elderly gentleman, who had massively bleeding Dieulafoy lesion and endoscopic hemostasis of the spurting Dieulafoy by the use of the over-the-scope clip (OVESCO, Tübingen, Germany) has been successfully undertaken. Conclusion The endoscopic management of Dieulafoy related bleeds can be enriched by the use of over-the-scope clip, OVESCO, technique.