Gallbladder ulcer erosion into the cystic artery: a rare cause ofupper gastro-intestinal bleeding Case report
| Autor: | Mouad Farraj, Pavel Shmulevsky, Yoram Kluger, Offir Ben-Ishay, Benjamin Person |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pressure sores Perforation (oil well) lcsh:Surgery Gastro intestinal bleeding Cystic artery Gastroenterology Book Review Melena Internal medicine medicine.artery Medicine Ulcer/Erosion business.industry Gallbladder lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid Gallstones lcsh:RD1-811 lcsh:RC86-88.9 medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Emergency Medicine medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | World Journal of Emergency Surgery, Vol 5, Iss 1, p 8 (2010) World Journal of Emergency Surgery : WJES |
| ISSN: | 1749-7922 |
| Popis: | Intra luminal gallbladder bleeding is a rare cause of hemobilia that results in upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. In this case report we present a patient who presented with melena and eventually was diagnosed as bleeding from an ulcer in the gallbladder which was induced by gallstones and eroded into the cystic artery. Surgery revealed perforation of gallbladder which was the result of a pressure sore induced by a second gallstone. |
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