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Colonoscopy disclosed an actively pulsatile bleeder in the rectum, typical of Dieulafoy’s lesion (fig 1⇓).
Figure 2
Endoscopic picture showing that the bleeding was controlled after endoscopic band ligation.
Dieulafoy’s lesion is a rare cause of massive gastrointestinal bleeding. It accounts for 1–5.8% of …