Gastric antral vascular ectasia (watermelon stomach)—therapeutic options
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 66 (779) , 720-723
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.66.779.720
Abstract
Summary: We have encountered five cases of chronic iron deficiency anaemia due to bleeding from gastric antral vascular ectasia (watermelon stomach). Two cases were associated with a lymphoma and in three cases there was evidence of portal hypertension. Two patients were treated conservatively by blood transfusions. The other patients required either surgery or tranexamic acid or endoscopic laser therapy to control the chronic haemorrhage.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
- Heat probe treatment for antral vascular ectasiaGastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1989
- Angiodysplasia of the Upper Gastrointestinal TractJournal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 1988
- Treatment of a patient with watermelon stomach using transendoscopic laser photocoagulationGastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1988
- Gastric mucosal vasculopathy in portal hypertensionGastroenterology, 1987
- Endoscopic injection of alcohol for bleeding from gastroduodenal vascular anomalies.BMJ, 1987
- Antral vascular ectasia--the "watermelon" stomach.1986
- Watermelon stomach, or antral gastritis.Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1985
- Diffuse antral vascular ectasiaPublished by Elsevier ,1984
- Antral vascular lesion, achlorhydria, and chronic gastrointestinal blood loss response to steroidsDigestive Diseases and Sciences, 1980
- Abnormal blood vessels in the gastric antrumDigestive Diseases and Sciences, 1979