Pinpoint gastric arterial bleeding from artery running from submucosa to mucosa caused by mucosal erosion; usu. occurs in proximal stomach. Diagnosis is made using angiography. Treatment is endoscopic sclerosis, or if needed, simple wedge resection.
InsideSurgery Medical Information Blog
Details of surgical procedures, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and treatment of medical diseases,medical and surgical eponyms, and surgeons and surgery in the news