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"The Ulcer Vessel Nest"

JOHN A. GIUS, MD; DON E. BOYLE, MD; RALPH H. CONGDON, BA; WILLIAM C. BOYD, BA

AMA Arch Surg. 1965;91(2):221-227.

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THIS is a report of studies of the blood vessels associated with the peptic ulcer predisposition. The purpose of this paper is to discuss changes found in the vessels under the ulcer, to describe the "ulcer vessel nest," and to discuss some implications of these observations. These studies are an outgrowth of explorations with the stereo-operating microscope in studying tissues and relationships in their natural state.¹

In early reports^2,3 we described vascular formations of the lips ("microcherry," "glomerulus", "venous lake") which were found more often in persons with ulcer than in persons without ulcer. Later we reported⁴ alterations in the blood vessels of the stomach and duodenum ("ectasia," "vascular raspberry," "ulcer vessel nest") in gastric specimens removed from patients with ulcer. These changes were correlated with the findings in lip vessels and were also compared with findings in specimens derived from postmortem examination. We concluded that alterations . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
IOWA CITY

From the Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Iowa.

Footnotes
Read before the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Milwaukee, March 4-6, 1965.

Reprint requests to College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City (Dr. Gius).

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