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Gastric antral vascular ectasia (the watermelon stomach): a brief case report
S Lanzafame1, A Torrisi, L Nesi
1Cattedra di Anatomia e Istologia Patologica Università di Catania, Italy.
Hepato-Gastroenterology
|June 25, 1998
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.