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Recurrent gastrointestinal haemorrhage from the distal duodenum

T KellerMartin H. HoltmannRalf KiesslichPeter R. Galle

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medicine.medical_specialtyFistulaFistulaAortic DiseasesEditor's Quiz: GI SnapshotAortic aneurysmRecurrenceBlood vessel prosthesisMelenaIntestinal FistulamedicineHumanscardiovascular diseasesDuodenal DiseasesAgedbusiness.industryGastroenterologyOn warfarinGastrointestinal haemorrhagemedicine.diseaseAortic AneurysmBlood Vessel ProsthesisSurgeryDuodenal Diseasesmedicine.anatomical_structurecardiovascular systemDuodenumFemalemedicine.symptomGastrointestinal Hemorrhagebusiness

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In October 2004, a 69 year female patient presented with melena and anaemia (haemoglobin level 9 g/dl). The patient had been on warfarin due to construction of an aorto-bifemoral graft because of an aortic aneurysm and an …

https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2005.084772