[Neoplastic ulceration of the stomach penetrating to the spleen as a cause of sudden fatal gastrointestinal hemorrhage--case report].

Pol Arch Med Wewn

I Katedry i Kliniki Chirurgii Ogólnej i Naczyń Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach.

Published: October 1996

History of 71-year-old woman with sudden upper digestive tract hemorrhage is presented. Endoscopic attempt to control the hemorrhage was unsuccessful-patient died during endoscopy. On autopsy it was found that hemorrhage was caused by neoplastic ulceration of the stomach penetrating to the spleen.

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