(1) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Hospital Road, M27 1HA Manchester, UK;(2) Present address: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street, WCIN 3JH London, UK
Abstract:
A 7-week-old boy born at 32 weeks' gestation developed massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding from a duodenal ulcer. The base of the ulcer had eroded into the hepatic artery. Haemorrhage was only controlled following operation.