©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther. Nov 6, 2015; 6(4): 172-182
Published online Nov 6, 2015. doi: 10.4292/wjgpt.v6.i4.172
Published online Nov 6, 2015. doi: 10.4292/wjgpt.v6.i4.172
Table 1 Causes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding
| Peptic ulcer | |
| Oesophagitis | |
| Drug-induced mucosal damage (NSAID) | Ulcer |
| Erosion | |
| Traumatic or postoperative lesions | Mallory-Weiss lesion |
| Arterio-intestinal fistula | |
| Malignant tumor | |
| Sequelae of portal hypertension | Oesophageal varices |
| Varices of the gastric fundus | |
| Portal hypertensive gastropathy | |
| Vascular anomalies | Dieulafoy lesion |
| Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE syndrome) | |
| Angiodysplasia | |
| Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome (hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia) | |
| Bleeding from the hepato-pancreatico-biliary system | |
| Bleeding from a duodenal diverticulum |
- Citation: Biecker E. Diagnosis and therapy of non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding. World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther 2015; 6(4): 172-182
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2150-5349/full/v6/i4/172.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4292/wjgpt.v6.i4.172