Case Report

Massive Gastric Hemorrhage due to Dieulafoy’s Lesion in a Preterm Neonate: A Case Report and Literature Review of the Lesion in Neonates

Table 1

Published cases of Dieulafoy’s lesion in the neonatal age group.

AuthorsGASexAgeSiteDiagnosisTreatmentRecurrenceOutcome

Lee et al. [4]Full-termM3 dStomachEndoscopyHemostatic clipNoSuccessful

Koo et al. [7]Full-termM1 dStomachEndoscopyEndoscopic epinephrine injectionNoSuccessful

Koo et al. [7]Full-termF1 dStomachEndoscopyEndoscopic epinephrine injectionNoSuccessful

Lee et al. [8]Full-termM1 dStomachEndoscopyHemostatic clipNoSuccessful

Polonkai et al. [5]Late pretermM5 dStomachEndoscopyHemostatic clipNoDeath

Zavras et al. [3]Full-termM1 dStomachEndoscopyThermocoagulationNoSuccessful

Present casePretermM65 dStomachLaparotomyLaparotomyNoSuccessful