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In January 2008, a 67-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In February 2010, she had tarry stools and anemia resulting from gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE). Argon plasma coagulation (APC) treatment for
OBJECTIVE
To describe the prevalence and clinical correlates of endoscopic gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE; "watermelon stomach") in early diffuse systemic sclerosis (SSc).
METHODS
Subjects with early, diffuse SSc and evidence of specific internal organ involvement were considered for the
OBJECTIVE
To describe the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, natural history, and therapy of portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) based on a systematic literature review.
METHODS
Computerized search of the literature was performed via PubMed using the following medical subject headings or
BACKGROUND
Temsirolimus has important clinical activity in both untreated and previously treated patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma. Targeted therapy-related stomatitis and mucositis have occurred during targeted therapies, but there is no consensus on which strategy is the most effective.
The gastric-antral-vascular-ectasia (GAVE), the "Watermelon-stomach", is a capillary ectasia of the antrum mucosa. It appears as longitudinal intensive redness of the mucosa. This endoscopic picture is caused by fibromuscular obliteration of the lamina propria and vascular ectasia with