Table 1.
Previously reported cases of Dieulafoy’s lesions of the oesophagus3 7–14
| Author | Country | Age/gender | Presenting symptom | Location of the Dieulafoy’s lesion | Intervention | Outcome |
| Malliaras3 | USA | 55/M | Haematemesis | Distal portion of the oesophagus | Epinephrine injection sclerosis and resolution clip placement | No recurrence |
| Scheider7 | USA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Peixoto et al8 | Brazil | 66/M | Haematemesis | Mid-oesophagus | metallic clip | No recurrence |
| Rikke Kjærgaard et al12 | USA | 48/M | Haematemesis, melena, stomach pain | Distal oesophagus | None | Death |
| Thimmapuram et al10 | USA | 38/M | Aspiration pneumonia, melena, haematemesis | Mid-oesophagus | Epinephrine injection followed by haemoclip application | No recurrence |
| Ertekin et al11 | Turkey | 25/F | Haematemesis and melena | Distal oesophagus. | Endoscopic band ligation | No recurrence |
| Abraham et al13 | India | 54/M | Painless haematemesis | NA | Epinephrine injection and argon plasma coagulation | No recurrence |
| Inayat et al14 | USA | 53/M | Haematemesis and melena | Distal oesophagus | Epinephrine injection followed by haemoclip application | No recurrence |
| Inayat et al14 | USA | 68/M | Haematemesis and melena | Distal oesophagus | Epinephrine injection followed by haemoclip application | No recurrence |
| Inayat et al14 | USA | 80/M | Haematemesis and melena | Distal oesophagus | Epinephrine injection followed by haemoclip application | No recurrence |
| Divyesh et al (current case) | USA | 55/M | Haematemesis | Distal oesophagus | Sclerosed using an injection of epinephrine, and obliteration using gold probe cautery | No recurrence |