A “vanishing” cause of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage

A 57-year-old man presented with melaena of 2 days duration. He was haemodynamically stable and his haemoglobin level was 10 g/dl. An urgent oesophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed a solitary polyp with a long stalk prolapsing from the bulb into the third duodenum. The stalk consisted of a large, …