Gastric antral vascular ectasia: maintenance treatment with oestrogen-progesterone.
case_report · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Ethinyl Estradiol
- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
- Norethindrone
- Stomach Diseases