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Gastric antral vascular ectasia (the watermelon stomach): a brief case report.

Cattedra di Anatomia e Istologia Patologica Università di Catania, Italy.
Hepato-gastroenterology (impact factor: 0.66). 45(20):606-8.
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT Herein, the endoscopic and histological features of a case of gastric antral vascular ectasia (watermelon stomach) occurring in a 76-year-old woman are described. The condition, first recognized by Jabbari et al in 1984, is a rare but important cause of severe gastrointestinal blood loss and chronic iron deficiency anemia. Differential diagnosis from portal hypertensive gastropathy, treatment and outcome of the watermelon stomach are discussed.

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Keywords

76-year-old woman
 
al
 
chronic iron deficiency anemia
 
Differential diagnosis
 
endoscopic
 
gastric antral vascular ectasia
 
histological features
 
portal hypertensive gastropathy
 
severe gastrointestinal blood loss
 

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