Embolotherapy of a dieulafoy lesion in the cecum: case report and review of the literature.

JVIR 2000; 11:1059–1062 DIEULAFOY lesion is an uncommon cause of massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Bleeding occurs through a mucosal erosion from an abnormally dilated submucosal artery. Dieulafoy lesion is usually located in the stomach, although it may occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract (1–7). Both endoscopy and angiography have been used for the diagnosis of Dieulafoy lesion (3,4,6–8). Treatment of Dieulafoy lesion has been primarily surgical, but endoscopic coagulation, sclerotherapy, and band ligation are now becoming standard treatments (1,4,8–10). We describe a patient with a Dieulafoy lesion in the cecum that was treated with transcatheter arterial embolization.