The majority of patients with scleroderma have gastrointestinal involvement, and a few experience gastrointestinal hemorrhage, however, gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to Mallory-Weiss syndrome is very rare. We report upon a 24-year-old pregnant woman with scleroderma who had gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to Mallory-Weiss syndrome.
Adult ; Female ; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/diagnosis/*etiology ; Human ; Mallory-Weiss Syndrome/*diagnosis/*etiology ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Complications/*diagnosis ; Scleroderma, Systemic/*complications