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