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Watermelon‐stomach as a cause of chronic iron deficiency anemia in a patient with systemic sclerosis
Author(s) -
Fábián György,
Tóvári Eszter,
Baranyay Ferenc,
Czirják László
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.1999.tb01008.x
Subject(s) - medicine , stomach , anemia , scleroderma (fungus) , gastric antral vascular ectasia , gastroenterology , iron deficiency , iron deficiency anemia , gastrointestinal tract , lesion , gastrointestinal bleeding , dermatology , pathology , endoscopy , argon plasma coagulation , inoculation
Watermelon‐stomach is a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. There has been an increasing number of reports on the association of this lesion with diseases of the scleroderma group, causing chronic, sometimes severe gastrointestinal blood loss. The present report presents the case of a 75‐year‐old female with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis and watermelon‐stomach, which was the cause of her long‐standing sideropenic anemia.