Clinical and endoscopic analysis of gastric Dieulafoy’s lesion

Table 1 Clinical presentation and endoscopy diagnosis of DL

Patient No.	Sex/age (yr)	Clinical presentation	Hemodynamic instability	Location	Stigmata (forrest)	Diagnosis at initial endoscopy
1	M/40	Melena/hematemesis	+	Subcardinal area (remnant stomach)	Ia	+
2	M/60	Melena/hematemesis	+	Subcardinal area	Ia	+
3	M/36	Melena	-	Fundus	IIa	+
4	F/15	Melena/hematemesis	+	Fundus	Ib	+
5	M/11	Melena/hematemesis	+	Fundus	Ia	+
6	M/20	Hematemesis	+	Proximal corpus	Ia	+
7	F/54	Melena/hematemesis	+	Fundus	Ia	+
8	M/23	Melena/hematemesis	+	Proximal corpus	Ia	-
9	F/43	Melena	-	Fundus	Ia	+
10	F/80	Hypotension	+	Fundus	IIb	-
11	M/25	Melena/hematemesis	+	Fundus	Ia	+
12	M/35	Melena/hematemesis	+	Fundus	Ia	+
13	M/25	Melena/hematemesis	+	Fundus	Ia	-
14	M/47	Melena/hematemesis	+	Fundus	Ia	+
15	M/28	Melena/hematemesis	+	Fundus	Ia	+

Ia: Spurting bleeding; Ib: Oozing bleeding; IIa: Nonbleeding visible vessel; IIb: Minute mucosal defect below an adherent clot. For patients who were not diagnosed with DL during initial endoscopy, the location and stigmata refer to the findings during repeated endoscopy. DL: Dieulafoy’s lesion.