[Vascular gastric anomalies, CREST syndrome and primary biliary cirrhosis: efficacy of ethinyl estradiol-norethisterone combination]

D Schoonbroodt; Y Horsmans; P Hoang; E Poncelet-Maton; A Laka; A Geubel

[Vascular gastric anomalies, CREST syndrome and primary biliary cirrhosis: efficacy of ethinyl estradiol-norethisterone combination]

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 1994;18(6-7):649-51.

[Article in French]

Authors

D Schoonbroodt¹, Y Horsmans, P Hoang, E Poncelet-Maton, A Laka, A Geubel

Affiliation

¹ Service de Gastroentérologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (UCL), Bruxelles, Belgique.

PMID: 7875423

Abstract

Vascular gastric lesions are a rare cause of chronic gastric bleeding. We report the case of a 70-year old woman with primary biliary cirrhosis, CREST syndrome and vascular gastric lesions corresponding to watermelon stomach. Oestrogen-progesterone treatment successfully controlled recurrent blood loss.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Aged
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / drug therapy
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / etiology
CREST Syndrome / complications*
Drug Therapy, Combination
Ethinyl Estradiol / therapeutic use*
Female
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / complications*
Norethindrone / therapeutic use*
Stomach Diseases / complications*
Stomach Diseases / pathology
Syndrome
Vascular Diseases / complications

Substances

Ethinyl Estradiol
Norethindrone