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Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

• Peptic ulcer disease (most common cause)
  • Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
• Gastritis/esophagitis
• Gastric/esophageal varices
• Mallory-Weiss tear
• Malignancy
• Aortoenteric fisulta
• Boerhaave
• Dieulafoy's lesion
• Angiodysplasia
• Hemobilia
• Hemorrhagic gastritis, EtOH
• Celiac disease
• Dengue
• Other intrabdominal bleeds
  • Hemorrhagic pancreatitis
  • Splenic rupture
  • Subcapsular cavernous hemangiomas
  • Peliosis hepatis

Mimics of GI Bleeding

• Hemoptysis
• Vaginal/Urethra bleeding
• ENT bleeding
• Dietary (Iron, bismuth, beets)
• Swallowed maternal blood (in neonate)