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 **[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pneumatosis_cystoides_intestinalis_-_intermed_mag.jpg Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis - intermed. mag. (WC)].
 **[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pneumatosis_cystoides_intestinalis_-_high_mag.jpg Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis - high mag. (WC)].
-==Dieulafoy lesion==
-*[[AKA]] ''calibre persistent artery''.<ref name=pmid20883603/>
-===General===
-*Rare.
-*Cause of GI bleeding - may be fatal.<ref name=pmid20883603>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Baxter | first1 = M. | last2 = Aly | first2 = EH. | title = Dieulafoy's lesion: current trends in diagnosis and management. | journal = Ann R Coll Surg Engl | volume = 92 | issue = 7 | pages = 548-54 | month = Oct | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1308/003588410X12699663905311 | PMID = 20883603 | PMC = 3229341}}</ref>
-*Pathogenesis not well understood.
-===Gross===
-*Typically in the stomach (2/3 of cases) - located on lesser curvature.
-**May be in the duodenum or colon.
-===Microscopic===
-Features:<ref name=pmid20883603/>
-*"Large" histologically normal submucosal [[blood vessel|artery]].
-**~1-3 millimetres.
 =See also=