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==General==
==General==
*[[Colon#Bleeding|Causes of (lower) GI haemorrhage]].
*[[Clinical diagnosis]].
*[[Colon#Bleeding|Cause of (lower) GI haemorrhage]].
*Generally, not a problem pathologists see.
*Generally, not a problem pathologists see.
*May be associated with aortic stenosis; known as ''Heyde syndrome''.<ref name=pmid19652242>{{cite journal |author=Hui YT, Lam WM, Fong NM, Yuen PK, Lam JT |title=Heyde's syndrome: diagnosis and management by the novel single-balloon enteroscopy |journal=Hong Kong Med J |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=301–3 |year=2009 |month=August |pmid=19652242 |doi= |url=http://www.hkmj.org/abstracts/v15n4/301.htm}}</ref>
*May be associated with aortic stenosis; known as ''Heyde syndrome''.<ref name=pmid19652242>{{cite journal |author=Hui YT, Lam WM, Fong NM, Yuen PK, Lam JT |title=Heyde's syndrome: diagnosis and management by the novel single-balloon enteroscopy |journal=Hong Kong Med J |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=301–3 |year=2009 |month=August |pmid=19652242 |doi= |url=http://www.hkmj.org/abstracts/v15n4/301.htm}}</ref>
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Note:
Note:
*[[Crohn's disease]] - may mimic angiodysplasia radiographically.<ref name=pmid3054852/>
*[[Crohn's disease]] - may mimic angiodysplasia radiographically.<ref name=pmid3054852/>
===Images===
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Image:Argon plasma coagulation.jpg | Angiodysplasia - endoscopy. (WC/Grover)
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==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=pmid3054852>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hemingway | first1 = AP. | title = Angiodysplasia: current concepts. | journal = Postgrad Med J | volume = 64 | issue = 750 | pages = 259-63 | month = Apr | year = 1988 | doi =  | PMID = 3054852 }}</ref>
Features:<ref name=pmid3054852>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hemingway | first1 = AP. | title = Angiodysplasia: current concepts. | journal = Postgrad Med J | volume = 64 | issue = 750 | pages = 259-63 | month = Apr | year = 1988 | doi =  | PMID = 3054852 }}</ref>
*Dilated vessels in mucosa and submucosa.
*Dilated [[blood vessels]] in the mucosa and submucosa.
 
DDx:
*[[Crohn's disease]] - may be associated increase vascularity.


===Images===
===Images===
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