Scoping a perforated bleeding peptic ulcer: learning points

Peptic ulcer perforation and haemorrhage is not unusual as a complication of peptic ulcer disease. In the older patientspresentation can be dramatic and atypical. The authors are presenting a case of duodenal ulcer perforation and haemorrhage which was misdiagnosed as a gastric malignancy and thus f...

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Published in:BMJ Case Reports 2011, Vol.2011
Main Authors: Wani, Abdul Majid, Hussain, Waleed Mohd, Miamini, Wail Al, Khoujah, Amer M, Diari, Mohd S, Akhtar, Mubeena, Alharbi, Zeyad S
Format: Report
Language:English
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Summary:Peptic ulcer perforation and haemorrhage is not unusual as a complication of peptic ulcer disease. In the older patientspresentation can be dramatic and atypical. The authors are presenting a case of duodenal ulcer perforation and haemorrhage which was misdiagnosed as a gastric malignancy and thus failure to have Helicobacter pylori eradication, recurrence with complication and hesitancy in surgical intervention due to initial label of malignancy.
ISSN:1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr.08.2010.3285