Upper GI bleed (differential)
An upper gastrointestinal bleed usually refers to bleeding proximal to the ligament of Treitz.
Pathology
Causes
- peptic ulcer
- gastritis
- esophagitis
- duodenitis
- Mallory-Weiss tear
- varices
- tumor
- vascular abnormality
- vascular ectasia
- angiodysplasia
- Dieulafoy lesion
- vascular malformation
- aorto-duodenal fistula
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