Massive hemorrhage from proximal gastric vascular ectasias.
Gastric vascular ectasias are rare lesions of the gastric antrum that may be the cause of iron deficiency anemia in the elderly. We report a case of proximal gastric vascular ectasias in a young man which caused rapidly fatal hemorrhage. This case is instructive because of the patient's youth, the location of the lesions, and the rapidly fatal hemorrhage.
Velanovich
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General Surgery Service, Ireland Army Community Hospital, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA.
Harkabus
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Komes
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D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications*; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011706:Pyloric Antrum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology