Paul Georges Dieulafoy | |
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 Undated portrait of Dieulafoy | |
| Born | 18 November 1839 Toulouse, France |
| Died | 26 June 1911 (aged 71) Paris, France |
| Education | Académie Nationale de Médecine |
| Spouse | Claire Bessaignet |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medical physician and surgeon |
| Institutions | Holy Trinity Church of Paris Hôtel-Dieu de Paris University of Paris |
Members of the Paris Medical Faculty (1904), caricature by Adrien Barrère: André Chantemesse (1851–1919) Georges Pouchet (1833–1894) Paul Poirier (1853–1907) Paul Georges Dieulafoy (1839–1911) Georges Maurice Debove (1845–1920) Paul Brouardel (1837–1906) Samuel Jean de Pozzi (1846–1918) Paul Jules Tillaux (1834–1904) Georges Hayem (1841–1933) Victor André Cornil (1837–1908) Paul Berger (1845–1908) Jean Casimir Félix Guyon (1831–1920) Pierre-Emile Launois (1856–1914) Adolphe Pinard (1844–1934) Pierre-Constant Budin (1846–1907)
Paul Georges Dieulafoy (18 November 1839 – 16 August 1911) was a French physician and surgeon. He is best known for his study of acute appendicitis and his description of Dieulafoy's lesion, a rare cause of gastric bleeding.