LARGE ulcers of the duodenum are rare. Only -L# 21 cases of duodenal ulcers of 2 cm. or more have been reported in the literature. These so-called giant duodenal ulcers may involve the entire ...

A man went to the hospital several times with gut pain and a fever — and it turned out that his relatively common symptoms ...

If the lesion is a duodenal ulcer, the bleeding vessel should be directly ligated in the ulcer bed, the duodenum turned in, and a gastric resection performed.