A rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in an elderly female: gastric angiolipoma

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2023 Sep;115(9):531-532. doi: 10.17235/reed.2023.9391/2022.

Abstract

A 83-year-old woman with previous history of gallstone was hospitalized with intermittent melena of 1-week duration. Gastroscopy showed a protuberant mass with thick pedicle and superficial ulcer measuring 3.0 × 4.0-cm in the lower gastric body (Fig. 1. A). Biopsy of the ulcer indicated chronic inflammation without evidence of malignancy. Abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography demonstrated a well-defined and mixed density mass with heterogeneous enhancement in the gastric body. The final diagnosis was gastric angiolipoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Angiolipoma* / complications
  • Angiolipoma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Gastroscopy
  • Humans
  • Stomach / pathology
  • Ulcer / complications