Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to a Congenital Enterocele of the Duodenum

Among the sources of gastrointestinal bleeding, there are rare conditions which are considered after the usual search for malignancies, ulcerations, and varices. We wish t.o report here a case of bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract coming from a congenital duplication of the alimentary tract. We believe that this case is of interest because it adds another possible source for bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract and secondarily because of the unusual discovery of such a lesion in an elderly patient.