title: Massive hemorrhage from proximal gastric vascular ectasias.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Service, Ireland Army Community Hospital, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Velanovich
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harkabus
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komes
mesh_terms: 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