3145 Dieulafoy's Lesion: An Underdiagnosed and Underrecognized Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleed

INTRODUCTION: Acute gastrointestinal bleed accounts for nearly 50-150 cases per 100,000 each year. The etiology in the majority of cases is peptic ulcer disease (PUD). Dieulafoy's lesion is a rare (accounts for 1-2%), but potentially life-threatening cause of gastrointestinal (GI) bleed. We present a case of recurrent hemodynamically significant upper GI bleeding requiring multiple hospitalizations and endoscopies to identify a duodenal...