Fatal hemorrhage from a gastric cirsoid aneurysm

• Published in: Human pathology Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 420 - 422
• Main Authors: Finkel, Lawrence J., Schwartz, Ira S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...