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Watermelon stomach: an unusual cause of chronic gastrointestinal blood loss.
Merrett MN, Machet D, Ring J, Desmond PV, Martin CJ
The Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery
May 1, 1991
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Abstract
Watermelon stomach, or gastric antral vascular ectasia, is an uncommon cause of gastrointestinal blood loss, which can easily be overlooked and which is eminently curable. A 76 year old woman who was repeatedly misdiagnosed as having incidental antral gastritis with occult iron deficiency is described.
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Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
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- PubMed ID:
- 2025196
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