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DIFFUSE HAEMORRHAGIC GASTRITIS IN SCLERODERMA
Author(s) -
Thompson Peter L.,
Mackay Ian R.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb50602.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gastritis , scleroderma (fungus) , prednisolone , atrophy , stomach , gastroenterology , pathology , dermatology , inoculation
A patient with scleroderma had diffuse hæmorrhagic gastritis with mucosal atrophy; persistent gastric hæmorrhage necessitated the transfusion of 20 pints of blood in one year. Prednisolone temporarily slowed the rate of blood loss. The gastritis appeared to result from involvement of the submucosal arteries of the stomach in a widespread vasculitis.