Diffuse hemorrhagic gastroenteropathy: Report of a new entity

Vitaly A. Fishbein; Arnold M. Rosen; Ernest E. Lack; Elizabeth A. Montgomery; David Fleischer

doi:10.1016/0016-5085(94)90611-4

Diffuse hemorrhagic gastroenteropathy: Report of a new entity

Vitaly A. Fishbein, Arnold M. Rosen, Ernest E. Lack, Elizabeth A. Montgomery, David Fleischer

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An apparently novel entity, diffuse hemorrhagic gastroenteropathy (DHG), in a 70-year-old female who had an unremitting course of chronic gastrointestinal blood loss for 3 years requiring transfusion of more than 200 units of packed red blood cells over this period is reported here. Endoscopy showed diffusely hemorrhagic mucosa in the stomach, duodenum, and small bowel. Full-thickness biopsy of the stomach and small intestine revealed luminal narrowing of capillaries and postcapillary venules within the lamina propria due to swelling and some proliferation of the endothelial cells with margination and emigration by neutrophils as well as partial occlusion of some vessels by fibrin thrombi. DHG may represent a new entity characterized by mucosal hemorrhage due to local mucosal ischemia of the gastrointestinal tract secondary to a small vessel "vasculopathy" apparently restricted to this site.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	500-505
Number of pages	6
Journal	Gastroenterology
Volume	106
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-5085(94)90611-4
State	Published - Feb 1994
Externally published	Yes

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Gastroenterology

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