Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia
"Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
Descriptor ID |
D020252
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MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.748.280 C14.907.075.280
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Concept/Terms |
Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia- Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia
- Antral Vascular Ectasia
- Antral Vascular Ectasias
- Ectasia, Antral Vascular
- Ectasias, Antral Vascular
- Vascular Ectasia, Antral
- Vascular Ectasias, Antral
- Watermelon Stomach
- Stomach, Watermelon
- Stomachs, Watermelon
- Watermelon Stomachs
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2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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McCarty TR, Rustagi T. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Radiofrequency Ablation Versus Argon Plasma Coagulation for Treatment of Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2019 09; 53(8):599-606.
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Trindade AJ, Inamdar S, Sejpal DV. Nitrous oxide CryoBalloon therapy of refractory gastric antral vascular ectasia. Endoscopy. 2017 09; 49(9):923-924.