An unusual complication after endoscopic clipping of a gastric ulcer

Abstract

A 72-year-old patient presented with malaena secondary to two antral ulcers which were discovered in oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD) after admission. One of the ulcers with a visible vessel was injected with adrenaline and clipped with an OVESCO clip. The patient continued to have coffee ground vomitus on the following day with a drop in haemoglobin level. Repeat OGD showed a large intra-mural haematoma with the clip still in situ and no bleeding from the surface of the ulcer. Patient underwent a coil embolization of the distal gastroduodenal artery (GDA), right gastroepiploic artery and a medial branch of the GDA. Repeat OGD showed that the submucosal haematoma had evacuated, leaving a large, clean-based mucosal defect.