Gastric antral vascular ectasia (the watermelon stomach): A brief case report

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 606-608

  Lanzafame, S ^a   Torrisi, A ^a   Nesi, L ^b   Russo, V ^a   Cimino, G ^b   Rumeo, A ^b   Emmanuele, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ASL 3   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastric antral vascular ectasia; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Watermelon stomach

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH II; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; STOMACH DISEASE;

AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANGIODYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; PYLORIC ANTRUM; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 0031980930     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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