Endoscopic treatment of antral vascular ectasia – nationwide multicenter survey. APC or ligation?
T Gyökeres, M Dobra, L Czakó, Z Kalló, N Dancs, I Rácz, I Altorjay, S Gódi, Á Vincze, S Illyés, Z Gurzó, J Novák, A Deák, B Hunyady, Z Szepes · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2011 · Heft 05
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Introduction: Antral vascular ectasia is type of gastic vascular malformations, which can lead even to chronic iron-definciency anaemia or severe acute blood loss. About 30% of it can be observed in patients with liver cirrhosis, but there are a lot of other associated diseases (mainly autoimmune diseases) as well. The classic „watermelon“ type forms red streaking of the antrum with convergence at the pylorus with visible small, tortous vessels, but the diffuse form is similar to the antral gastritis. The severity of the disease is not associated with portal hypertension even in patients with cirrhosis. Effectiv…
