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| Syndromes = | | Syndromes = | ||
| Clinicalhx = 60s or 70s, females:males >2:1 | | Clinicalhx = 60s or 70s, females:males >2:1 | ||
| Signs = | | Signs = +/- melena | ||
| Symptoms = | | Symptoms = | ||
| Prevalence = uncommon | | Prevalence = uncommon | ||
| Bloodwork = usu. [[anemia]] | | Bloodwork = usu. [[anemia]] | ||
| Rads = | | Rads = | ||
| Endoscopy = linear red streaks in antrum - watermelon-like | | Endoscopy = linear red streaks in antrum - watermelon-like | ||
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==General== | ==General== | ||
* | *Etiology not well understood.<ref name=pmid20011731/> | ||
*Typically presents with gastrointestinal bleeding or [[anemia]]. | |||
*Age - usually 60s or 70s. | *Age - usually 60s or 70s. | ||
*Females:males >2:1.<ref name=pmid20011731>{{Cite journal | last1 = Rosenfeld | first1 = G. | last2 = Enns | first2 = R. | title = Argon photocoagulation in the treatment of gastric antral vascular ectasia and radiation proctitis. | journal = Can J Gastroenterol | volume = 23 | issue = 12 | pages = 801-4 | month = Dec | year = 2009 | doi = | PMID = 20011731 | PMC = 2805515 }}</ref> | *Females:males >2:1.<ref name=pmid20011731>{{Cite journal | last1 = Rosenfeld | first1 = G. | last2 = Enns | first2 = R. | title = Argon photocoagulation in the treatment of gastric antral vascular ectasia and radiation proctitis. | journal = Can J Gastroenterol | volume = 23 | issue = 12 | pages = 801-4 | month = Dec | year = 2009 | doi = | PMID = 20011731 | PMC = 2805515 }}</ref> | ||
==Gross/endoscopic appearance== | ==Gross/endoscopic appearance== | ||
* Linear red streaks in antrum - oriented toward the pyloric valve... vaguely resembles a watermelon | * Linear red streaks in antrum - streaks oriented toward the pyloric valve... vaguely resembles a watermelon. | ||
===Endoscopic images=== | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:Gastric antral vascular ectasia (before and after).png |GAVE. (WC) | Image:Gastric antral vascular ectasia (before and after).png |GAVE. (WC) | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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*[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2443230&rendertype=figure&id=f1-19 Watermelon stomach (pubmedcentral.nih.gov)]. | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features:<ref name=Ref_GLP118>{{Ref GLP|118}}</ref> | Features:<ref name=Ref_GLP118>{{Ref GLP|118}}</ref> | ||
*Fibrin thrombi - '''characteristic feature'''. | *Fibrin thrombi - '''characteristic feature'''. | ||
*Dilated capillaries in lamina propria. | *Dilated capillaries in lamina propria - '''important feature'''. | ||
*+/-Foveollar hyperplasia.<ref name=Ref_GLP119>{{Ref GLP|119}}</ref> | *+/-Foveollar hyperplasia.<ref name=Ref_GLP119>{{Ref GLP|119}}</ref> | ||