Sistema gastrointestinal y digestivo

Abstracto

Successful Endoscopic Band Ligation of Duodenal Dieulafoy's Lesion

Edson Guzmán, Pedro Montes, Miguel Espinoza and Eduardo Monge

Dieulafoy’s lesion (DL) is an abnormal arterial lesion in the digestive tract. We report a 21-year-old male, without any relevant his past medical and familiar history. He admitted to the ER with a history of hematemesis and melena. An upper endoscopy showed a protruding vessel without surrounding venous dilatation, active bleeding or mucosal defect. This vascular lesion was located in the anterior wall of duodenal bulb. Endoscopic ligation subsequently performed with two bands and a successful haemostasis achieved.