Type V Gastric Ulcer: An Unusual Etiology of Gastrosplenic
Fistula Associated with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Muhammad Nadeem Yousaf MD1, Riyasha Dahal
MBBS2, Subeena Phull MD3, Vinayak
Aryal MD4, Karun Neupane MD5, Hamza
Ertugrul MD6, Ebubekir Daglilar MD7
1Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
and Hepatology
University
of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
2Department of Medicine, Universal College of Medical
Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal
3Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA, United States
4Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
MetroHealth System, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH,
United States
5Department of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center/Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States
6Department of Medicine, Saint Mary’s Hospital,
Waterbury, CT, United States
7Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
and Hepatology
Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV, United States
Keywords: Gastric Ulcers, Gastrosplenic fistula,
Gastrointestinal bleeding, NSAIDs, Embolization, Endoscopy.
Consent statement: Written informed consent was obtained from
the patient to publish this report in accordance with the journal’s
patient consent policy.