Gastric antral vascular ectasia: maintenance treatment with oestrogen-progesterone.
Gastric antral vascular ectasia ('watermelon stomach') is a rare cause of chronic gastrointestinal bleeding and various medical and surgical treatments have been described. We report a patient in whom an oestrogen-progesterone preparation successfully controlled recurrent blood loss.
Moss
S F
SF
Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
Ghosh
P
P
Thomas
D M
DM
Jackson
J E
JE
Calam
J
J
D000368:Aged; D003277:Contraceptives, Oral, Combined / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009640:Norethindrone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011706:Pyloric Antrum / Q000098:blood supply; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
D003277:Contraceptives, Oral, Combined; D004338:Drug Combinations; C020416:norethindrone acetate, ethinyl estradiol, ferrous fumarate drug combination; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol; D009640:Norethindrone