Fatal hemorrhage from a gastric cirsoid aneurysm

Gastric cirsoid aneurysm has been reported as a cause of massive bleeding from the stomach in less than 50 cases. It is an abnormally wide and tortuous submucosal gastric artery that is manifested clinically only subsequent to erosion and hemorrhage. A patient is described in whom the source of hemo...

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Published inHuman pathology Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 420 - 422
Main Authors Finkel, Lawrence J., Schwartz, Ira S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.01.1985
Elsevier
Subjects
Aged
Aneurysm - pathology
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - pathology
Humans
Medical sciences
Other diseases. Semiology
Rupture, Spontaneous
Stomach - blood supply
Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus
Human
Stomach
Autopsy
Digestive diseases
Death
Arteriography
Gastroscopy
Hemorrhage
Arteriovenous malformation
Gastric disease
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Summary:Gastric cirsoid aneurysm has been reported as a cause of massive bleeding from the stomach in less than 50 cases. It is an abnormally wide and tortuous submucosal gastric artery that is manifested clinically only subsequent to erosion and hemorrhage. A patient is described in whom the source of hemorrhage was unrecognized despite angiographic and gastroscopic examinations. Medical management was unsuccessful, and the source of fatal hemorrhage was not determined until postmortem examination.
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ISSN:0046-8177
1532-8392
DOI:10.1016/S0046-8177(85)80236-7