title: A rare case of watermelon stomach in woman with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: We report a case of a 42-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and chronic kidney disease stage 5 undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, presenting asthenia, dizziness, abdominal pain and small efforts dyspnea. After a complete physical and clinical examination, including laboratory tests, esophagogastroduodenal endoscopy and gastric lesions biopsy, she was diagnosed with gastric antral vascular ectasia. We are facing a rare case of antral vascular ectasia in a patient associating both chronic kidney disease and autoimmune disease.
authors: Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania; fizij@yahoo.com.
authors: Mariana
authors: M
authors: Jinga
authors: I A
authors: IA
authors: Checheriţă
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Becheanu
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Jinga
authors: Ileana
authors: I
authors: Peride
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Niculae
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D057908:Argon Plasma Coagulation; D005260:Female; D020252:Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory