Abstract
Seventy three patients with peptic ulcer associated with visible vessel were observed. Dieulafoy's ulcer was excluded. Peptic ulcers with visible vessel were noted in 40-59 year old males, and 50-69 year old females. Subjective symptoms of gastric ulcer were hematemesis, melena and abdominal pain in order. In the cases of duodenal ulcer, they were melena, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, in that order. The subjective symptoms were more severer than in peptic ulcer without visible vessel. The peptic ulcers were frequently found in the posterior wall of the upper body in the stomach, the lesser curvature of the lower body, and the posterior wall of the lesser curvature at the gastric angulus. The visible vessels were noted in the center of the ulcer crater at the angulus. In the ulcer craters in the gastric body, they were observed in the posterior wall on the oral side. In the ulcer craters in the duodenum, they were observed in the anterior wall on the oral side.
