Abstract

BANOS MADRID, Ramón et al. Gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to ulcer in duodenal diverticulosis. Rev Col Gastroenterol [online]. 2006, vol.21, n.2, pp.97-99. ISSN 0120-9957.

The reasons more frequent of high gastrointestinal bleeding are the peptic gastric and duodenal, followed by acute erosions and the varicose veins in oesophagus and stomach. The diverticulosis of the small bowel is a very rare reason of gastrointestinal bleeding, must considerate in patients with bleeding without evident reason in oesophagus and stomach, the habitual is to diagnose this entity of accidental form in the course of endoscopic procedures, radiological or surgical. The complications associated with the diverticulosis duodenal are rare; it justifies supporting a not surgical attitude at first.

Keywords : Small bowel diverticulosis; gastrointestinal bleeding.

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