Endoscopic Band Ligation for Rectal Dieulafoy's Lesion: Serial Endoscopic Images

Yusuke Mizukami, Keiichi Akahoshi, N Kondoh, Naohiko Harada, H Nawata

Endoscopy · 2002 · 11 citations · 0 references

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Figure 1 An 85-year-old Japanese woman with rectal Dieulafoy's lesion presented with fresh blood hematochezia. Colonoscopy revealed a 5 mm shallow mucosal defect with an exposed vessel in the anterior wall of the lower rectum.