Angiodysplasia in patients with chronic renal failure

ABSTRACT

Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was done for 30 patients with chronic renal failure and 13 normal controls. Multiple gastroduodenal angiodysplastic lesions were found in 3 patients [10%] and one of them had hematemesis prior to diagnosis. 36.6% of patients with CRF were found to have gastritis, 30% had duodenitis and 23.3% had esophagitis. History of upper GIT bleeding could be obtained from 3 patients. Angiodysplasia, although uncommon, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of both occult and overt upper GIT bleeding in patients with chronic renal failure