Watermelon stomach: an unusual cause of chronic gastrointestinal blood loss.
Watermelon stomach, or gastric antral vascular ectasia, is an uncommon cause of gastrointestinal blood loss, which can easily be overlooked and which is eminently curable. A 76 year old woman who was repeatedly misdiagnosed as having incidental antral gastritis with occult iron deficiency is described.
Merrett
M N
MN
Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
Machet
D
D
Ring
J
J
Desmond
P V
PV
Martin
C J
CJ
D000368:Aged; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D011706:Pyloric Antrum / Q000098:blood supply; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery