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. 2022 Oct 5;14(10):e29962. doi: 10.7759/cureus.29962

Table 2. Demographics, EGD and CT findings, EGD and interventional radiology intervention, and clinical outcome of cases 6 to 10.

CT: computed tomography; GDA: gastroduodenal artery; IPDA: inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery; SMA: superior mesenteric artery.

  Case 6 Case 7 Case 8 Case 9 Case 10
Age (years) 65 55 53 67 59
Gender Male Male Male Male Male
Presenting complaint Melena Hematemesis Melena Hematemesis Hematochezia
EGD findings Few nonbleeding duodenal ulcers and one oozing duodenal ulcer with a visible vessel ( Forrest Ib) Multiple dispersed nonbleeding erosions with no stigmata of recent bleeding, and one oozing cratered 30 mm duodenal ulcer (Forrest Ib) One bleeding duodenal ulcer, one oozing duodenal ulcer (Forrest Ib) and one nonbleeding duodenal ulcer Large friable necrotic, malignant-looking infiltrative bleeding mass in duodenum One bleeding cratered duodenal ulcer with a visible vessel in the duodenal bulb  (Forrest IIa)
EGD intervention Epinephrine injection and electrocautery Epinephrine injection. Thermal therapy deferred due to risk of perforation Clips placed None Epinephrine injection and electrocautery
CT abdomen findings Hyperdense material seen within the second portion of the duodenum Dense-fluid-filled duodenal wall thickening and ulceration crater Hypertrophic submucosal arterioles along the second portion of the duodenum Infiltrative mass with active bleeding in the second part of the duodenum Hypertrophic submucosal arterioles along the duodenum
Angiogram findings Irregularly tortuous duodenal arterioles as the culprit of bleeding from branch of the gastroduodenal artery (GDA) with hypertrophic inferior pancreaticoduodena artery (IPDA) shunting toward the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) Many focal bleeding blush adjacent to endoscopic clip Irregularly tortuous duodenal arterioles as the culprit of bleeding from branch of the GDA with shunting toward the SMA Active duodenal bleeding from IPDA coming off GDA irregular and spastic GDA with questionable focal bleeding blush adjacent to endoscopic clips
Interventional radiology intervention Particulate polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) 500 micron particle used in the GDA 1 coil and 2 vascular plugs deployed along the GDA Particulate PVA 500 micron particle used in the GDA 5 coils deployed along IPDA beyond the takeoff of gastroepiploic artery 1 coil and 2 vascular plugs deployed along the GDA
Outcome Expired - likely due to severe sepsis with septic shock secondary to pneumonia from multidrug-resistant gram-negative organism   Alive with no further known duodenal bleeding episodes after angioembolization Expired - likely due to  severe sepsis with septic shock secondary to multifocal pneumonia   Alive with no further known duodenal bleeding episodes after angioembolization Expired - likely due to  respiratory failure due to left lung collapse secondary to endobronchial lesion