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
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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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Índice:
IMEMR (Mediterrâneo Oriental)
Assunto principal:
Argônio
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Síndrome
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Testes de Coagulação Sanguínea
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Anemia
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Cirrose Hepática
Tipo de estudo:
Relato de Casos
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
J. Coll. Physicians Surg. Pak.
Ano de publicação:
2008
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