Culprit for recurrent acute gastrointestinal massive bleeding: “Small bowel Dieulafoy’s lesions” - a case report and literature review

Table 1 Small bowel Dieulafoy’s lesion case studies and reports

Ref.	Dieulafoy’s Lesion (n)	Incidence (%)	Duodenum DL (n)	Jejunum DL (n)	Ileum DL (n)	Endoscopic treatment	Repeated endoscopic treatment	Surgery needed (n)
Lipka et al[3]	8	2.6	1	7	0	8/8; Epi, bipolar, clips, APC	1	0
Prachayakul et al[17]	5	4.31	0	5	0	5/5; Epi, clips, APC	0	0
Dulic-Lakovic et al[12]	10	3.5	0	9	1	10/10; Epi, APC, clips	3	2
Chen et al[18]	4	2.6	0	4	0	4/4; Epi and clips	1	1
Kozan et al[19]	1	N/A	0	1	0	0	0	1
Han et al[20]	1	N/A	0	1	0	0	0	1
Present report	2 DLs in 1 case	N/A	2	0	0	2/2; Epi and clips	0	0

DL: Dieulafoy’s lesion; N/A: Not applicable; Epi: Epinephrine injection; APC: Argon plasma coagulation.