Abstract
The authors report a case of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage in a quadriplegic. The cause was a Mallory-Weiss tear, a previously unrecognized problem in these patients. The incidence of bleeding in patients with spinal cord injury is as high as 25 percent in the few reported series. We feel that with the increased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding in the spinal cord patient and the accompanying significant mortality, early endoscopy is essential for accurate diagnosis since clues to the presence, etiology, and severity of the bleeding are often lacking.
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