title: [Vascular gastric anomalies, CREST syndrome and primary biliary cirrhosis: efficacy of ethinyl estradiol-norethisterone combination].
abstract: Vascular gastric lesions are a rare cause of chronic gastric bleeding. We report the case of a 70-year old woman with primary biliary cirrhosis, CREST syndrome and vascular gastric lesions corresponding to watermelon stomach. Oestrogen-progesterone treatment successfully controlled recurrent blood loss.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gastroentérologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (UCL), Bruxelles, Belgique.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schoonbroodt
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Horsmans
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hoang
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Poncelet-Maton
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geubel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D017675:CREST Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000150:complications*; D009640:Norethindrone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol; D009640:Norethindrone
vernacular_title: Anomalies vasculaires gastriques, CREST syndrome et cirrhose biliaire primitive: efficacité de l'association éthinyloestradiol-noréthistérone.