Gastric antral vascular ectasia (the watermelon stomach): a brief case report.
Herein, the endoscopic and histological features of a case of gastric antral vascular ectasia (watermelon stomach) occurring in a 76-year-old woman are described. The condition, first recognized by Jabbari et al in 1984, is a rare but important cause of severe gastrointestinal blood loss and chronic iron deficiency anemia. Differential diagnosis from portal hypertensive gastropathy, treatment and outcome of the watermelon stomach are discussed.
Lanzafame
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S
Cattedra di Anatomia e Istologia Patologica Università di Catania, Italy.
Torrisi
A
A
Nesi
L
L
Russo
V
V
Cimino
G
G
Rumeo
A
A
Emmanuele
C
C
D000368:Aged; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000209:etiology; D016888:Angiodysplasia / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications; D011706:Pyloric Antrum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery