Giant Left Atrium - A Rare Case of Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Abstract

Acute upper GI bleeding is a common medical emergency with a hospital mortality of approximately 10%. Non variceal UGI bleeding is the most common cause followed by oesophageal varices. Various rare causes have been described in the literature but there are very few cases of giant left atrium leading to oesophageal erosion and causing upper GI bleeding. We are presenting a case of rheumatic valvular heart disease with giant left atrium who presented in our department with acute upper GI bleeding. Keywords: giant left atrium;oesophgeal erosion; upper GI bleeding. | PubMed