A perplexing cause of upper GI Bleed

Shiran Shetty; Balaji Musunuri; Sairam Raghavan

doi:10.1016/j.clinre.2022.101926

A perplexing cause of upper GI Bleed

Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2022 Jun-Jul;46(6):101926. doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2022.101926. Epub 2022 Apr 22.

Authors

Shiran Shetty¹, Balaji Musunuri², Sairam Raghavan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India. Electronic address: balaji.musunuri@manipal.edu.

PMID: 35470107
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2022.101926

Abstract

Valleculae is one of a potential source of GI bleed. The lesions in the valleculae may potentially be missed during the routine endoscopies and due diligence is required especially among patients with GI bleed where no source of bleed could be identified.

Keywords: Vallecular bleed; Vallecular haemorrhage; Vascular malformation.

MeSH terms

Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage* / etiology
Humans