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Gastric ulceration caused by heater probe coagulation
J Rumerman1, S E Rubesin, M S Levine
1Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Gastrointestinal Radiology
|July 1, 1988
Summary
Endoscopic heater probe therapy can cause shallow ulcers in patients with arteriovenous malformations. Radiologists should recognize these ulcers as a complication to prevent misdiagnosis.
Area of Science:
- Gastroenterology
- Radiology
- Endoscopy
Background:
- Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are abnormal blood vessel clusters.
- Endoscopic heater probe therapy is used to treat gastrointestinal bleeding from AVMs.