Extragastric Dieulafoy's disease as unusual source of intestinal bleeding. Esophageal visible vessel.

Dieulafoy's disease is a gastric vascular malformation, which typically causes massive hemorrhage. The lesion is most often found in the proximal stomach, but has also been reported in the esophagus and in the small intestine. Three patients with esophageal Dieulafoy's anomaly and recurrent bleeding are reported. For the first time, transendoscopic Doppler ultrasound was used to identify arterial blood flow from the lesions. The ulcerations were treated by injection of adrenaline. Successful therapy resulted in the disappearance of arterial pulsations and no rebleeding occurred. Doppler-controlled endoscopic intervention should be the first line of treatment in the esophageal vessel stump.