Endoscopic mucosal resection for recurrent gastric antral vascular ectasia.
Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is an overt or occult source of gastrointestinal bleeding. Despite several therapeutic approaches have been successfully tested for preventing chronic bleeding, some patients present recurrence of GAVE lesions. To the best of our knowledge, we report the first case, of a 86-year-old woman who presented severe iron-deficiency anemia due to GAVE and showed recurrence of GAVE lesion despite the intensive argon plasma coagulation treatment. We performed endoscopic mucosal resection of bleeding GAVE with resolution of anemia.
Katsinelos
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P
Department of Endoscopy and Motility Unit, Central Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Chatzimavroudis
G
G
Katsinelos
T
T
Panagiotopoulou
K
K
Kotakidou
R
R
Tsolkas
G
G
Triantafillidis
I
I
Papaziogas
B
B
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D020252:Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D012008:Recurrence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017211:Treatment Failure