La
ectasia vascular gástrica antral es una
causa infrecuente de
hemorragia gastrointestinal alta, responsable de aproximadamente el 4% de las hemorragias gastrointestinales altas no varicosas. El
diagnóstico se basa en los hallazgos endoscópicos y su
tratamiento más aceptado es la
coagulación con argón plasma. Se presenta un caso de una
mujer con hemorragias digestivas altas recurrentes en forma de melenas y
anemia, a la cual se le realizó
endoscopía digestiva alta diagnosticándole ectasias vasculares de
antro gástrico. Posteriormente, se le indica
tratamiento de
coagulación con argón plasma de forma satisfactoria y sin
complicaciones. El presente
trabajo tiene como objetivo la
revisión de una
causa inusual de
sangrado digestivo y su
tratamiento.
Gastric antral vascular ectasia is an infrequent cause of high gastric
hemorrhage, responsible of the 4% of high gastric non-variceal
hemorrhages. The
diagnosis is based on endoscopic findings and its most accepted
treatment is
argon plasma coagulation. It is presented a case of a
woman with recurrent digestive
hemorrhages in the form of
melena and
anemia,
who was performed a high digestive
endoscopy with resulting a
diagnosis of vascular
ectasia of the gastric antro. Later she was treated satisfactorily with
argon plasma coagulation without
complications. The resent
work is aimed at reviewing an unusual cause of digestive
bleeding and its
treatment.