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Erschienen in: Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 1/2020

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Endoscopic findings in a patient with  idiopathic/immune thrombocytopenic purpura: Gastrointestinal bleeding caused by Dieulafoy’s lesion

verfasst von: Mihoko Yoshida, Yosuke Matsumoto, Hideki Horie, Satoshi Nishimura, Kazuho Shimura, Hiroto Kaneko, Masafumi Taniwaki

Erschienen in: Indian Journal of Gastroenterology | Ausgabe 1/2020

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Excerpt

Dieulafoy’s lesion is a rare cause of massive gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Life-threatening bleeding occurs in 10% of patients with Dieulafoy’s lesion [1]. Although patients with Dieulafoy’s lesions associated with thrombocytopenia due to hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome [2], myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) [3], and chronic liver disease [4] have been reported, as far as we know, the case of a patient suffering GI bleeding from Dieulafoy’s lesion with idiopathic/immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is unprecedented. Here we report a patient with gastrointestinal bleeding caused by Dieulafoy’s lesion in association with ITP. …
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Titel
Endoscopic findings in a patient with  idiopathic/immune thrombocytopenic purpura: Gastrointestinal bleeding caused by Dieulafoy’s lesion
verfasst von
Mihoko Yoshida
Yosuke Matsumoto
Hideki Horie
Satoshi Nishimura
Kazuho Shimura
Hiroto Kaneko
Masafumi Taniwaki
Publikationsdatum
05.12.2019
Verlag
Springer India
Erschienen in
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology / Ausgabe 1/2020
Print ISSN: 0254-8860
Elektronische ISSN: 0975-0711
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12664-019-01001-1

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