Successful treatment of watermelon stomach / GAVE syndrome by using argon plasma coagulation
JCPSP-Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. 2008; 18 (10): 641-643
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-102906
ABSTRACT
This case report describes a 50-year-old female patient with liver cirrhosis presented with anemia. She was found to be suffering from gastric antral vascular ectasia [watermelon stomach] on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. She underwent multiple sessions with Argon plasma coagulation, a non-contact thermal method of hemostasis for the management of watermelon stomach. After 3 sessions, the lesions disappeared and the hemoglobin increased by 2.4 gm/dl without any need of transfusion
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Argon
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Syndrome
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Blood Coagulation Tests
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Anemia
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Liver Cirrhosis
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J. Coll. Physicians Surg. Pak.
Year:
2008
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