title: [Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE or watermelon stomach): a case report].
abstract: Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE), recently described in literature, is an important cause of gastric bleeding. A case of great gastrectasia with vascular ectasia in an elderly male patient is reported. The lesion was characterized by great linear and brush folds along the antrum and body of the stomach, Endoscopically, this folds seems like the watermelon streakings. It could be an acquired lesion probably linked to traumatism on gastric mucosa.
authors.affiliation: U.O. Fisiopatologia Chirurgica Clinica e Day Surgery, Università di Bari.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Occhionorelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitaritonno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pennella
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zago
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caramanico
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pollinzi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D020252:Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications