Vascular gastric anomalies as a cause of relapsing bleeding
Author(s) -
G Golubović,
Milosav Kiurski,
Vladimir Špica,
Ratko Tomašević,
Aleksandar Pavlović,
N Djukić
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp0809710g
Subject(s) - medicine , argon plasma coagulation , gastric antral vascular ectasia , angiodysplasia , ectasia , telangiectasia , iron deficiency anemia , anemia , gastrointestinal bleeding , iron deficiency , portal hypertensive gastropathy , gastroenterology , vascular anomaly , gastric varices , surgery , endoscopy , portal hypertension , esophageal varices , cirrhosis
Although relatively rare, gastric vascular anomalies can be recognized as a source of both chronic and acute blood loss, most often presenting as long term iron deficiency anemia, rarely as severe acute gastrointestinal bleeding.
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