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Gastric antral vascular ectasia with portal hypertension: treatment with TIPSS
C Egger1, A Kreczy, R Kirchmair
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
|December 17, 1997
Abstract:
Gastric antral vascular ectasia, or "watermelon stomach," is a distinct clinical entity within the spectrum of upper gastrointestinal mucosal vascular abnormalities. The pathobiology of the disease is unclear. We here describe a case that emphasizes the importance of the "watermelon stomach" as differential diagnosis of occult gastrointestinal blood loss and report on its successful treatment through installation of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt (TIPSS).