Endoscopic Finding of Large Gastric Diverticulum with Ulceration: A Rare Cause of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Published: May 1, 2024 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2024/64834.19351
Kamlesh Ashok Taori, Vijendra Vasantrao Kirnake, Parmeshwar Junare, Sourya Acharya, Nikhil Pantbalekundri
1. Senior Resident, Department of Gastroenterology, JNMC DMIHER, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
2. Professor and Head, Department of Gastroenterology, JNMC DMIHER, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, JNMC DMIHER, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
4. Professor and Head, Department of General Medicine, JNMC DMIHER, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
5. Resident, Department of General Medicine, JNMC DMIHER, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
Correspondence
Nikhil Pantbalekundri,
Resident, Department of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education & Research, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha-442004, Maharashtra, India.
E-mail: nikhil2623pant@gmail.com
A 60-year-old male patient presented to the casualty with complaints of multiple episodes of bloody vomiting, burning epigastric pain, generalised weakness, giddiness, and passing black tarry stools for five days. The epigastric pain had an insidious onset, a burning character, was intermittent, non-radiating, aggravated after consuming spicy food, and relieved by taking some antacid medication. He also had nausea followed by multiple episodes of vomiting, containing fresh red blood, around 1-2 teaspoons in each vomit, with some reddish-black clots. He also had a past history of a burning sensation in the epigastrium for one year. He had no significant family history.
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