A rare cause of GI bleeding in a patient with cutaneous vascular malformations

Autor: Magda Smith, Faidon-Marios Laskaratos, Leena Sinha, Jovanna Tsoutsouki, Sue Mason
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Gut. 65(11)
ISSN: 1468-3288
Popis: A 53-year-old woman with a background of chronic bronchitis was admitted with an infective exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Her medical history included atrial septal defect (ASD) and ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair in childhood and a recent deep vein thrombosis, for which she was on rivaroxaban. On examination, she had multiple blue pigmented soft tissue lesions on her face, tongue, torso and hands (figures 1 and 2). Figure 1 A vascular blue lesion on the patient's tongue. Figure 2 A vascular blue lesion on the patient's eyelid. During her admission, the patient developed melaena associated with a significant acute drop …
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