Gastric antral vascular ectasia--an unusual cause of gastric outlet obstruction: report of a case. 2007

Massimiliano Tuveri, and Valentina Borsezio, and Antonio Gabbas, and Guendalina Mura
Dipartimento di Chirurgia Generale e Vascolare, Clinica Sant'Elena, Quartu Sant'Elena, Cagliari, Italy.

Gastric antral vascular ectasia is an important cause of gastric bleeding. We herein report a case of gastric outlet syndrome due to a gastric antral vascular ectasia in a patient with a negative history for anemia or gastric bleeding. The patient underwent an antral resection. The specimen showed vascular ectasia, fibromuscular hyperplasia, and fibrin thrombosis, especially localized in the submucosa. The pathogenesis of this syndrome remains unclear. Surgery in cases of gastric outlet obstruction is the only reliable method to cure the patient. An antrectomy has been shown to be the procedure of choice. It carries a remarkably low rate of long-term sequelae and it can be performed in the majority of cases with low risk, especially in those patients not affected by cirrhosis or portal hypertension.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D017219 Gastric Outlet Obstruction The hindering of output from the STOMACH into the SMALL INTESTINE. This obstruction may be of mechanical or functional origin such as EDEMA from PEPTIC ULCER; NEOPLASMS; FOREIGN BODIES; or AGING. Gastric Outlet Obstructions,Obstruction, Gastric Outlet,Obstructions, Gastric Outlet,Outlet Obstruction, Gastric,Outlet Obstructions, Gastric
D020252 Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia A distinct vascular lesion in the PYLORIC ANTRUM that is characterized by tortuous dilated blood vessels (ectasia) radiating outward from the PYLORUS. The vessel pattern resembles the stripes on the surface of a watermelon. This lesion causes both acute and chronic GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE. Antral Vascular Ectasia,Watermelon Stomach,Antral Vascular Ectasias,Ectasia, Antral Vascular,Ectasias, Antral Vascular,Stomach, Watermelon,Stomachs, Watermelon,Vascular Ectasia, Antral,Vascular Ectasias, Antral,Watermelon Stomachs

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