Gastric antral vascular ectasia: maintenance treatment with oestrogen-progesterone.
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- 1 May 1992
- Vol. 33 (5) , 715-717
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.33.5.715
Abstract
Gastric antral vascular ectasia ('watermelon stomach') is a rare cause of chronic gastrointestinal bleeding and various medical and surgical treatments have been described. We report a patient in whom an oestrogen-progesterone preparation successfully controlled recurrent blood loss.Keywords
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