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Abstract
A distinct vascular lesion in the PYLORIC ANTRUM that is characterized by tortuous dilated blood vessels (ectasia) radiating outward from the PYLORUS. The vessel pattern resembles the stripes on the surface of a watermelon. This lesion causes both acute and chronic GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE.
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- Antral Vascular Ectasia
- Watermelon Stomach
- Antral Vascular Ectasias
- Ectasia, Antral Vascular
- Ectasias, Antral Vascular
- Stomach, Watermelon
- Stomachs, Watermelon
- Vascular Ectasia, Antral
- Vascular Ectasias, Antral
- Watermelon Stomachs
- Watermelon stomach disease
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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1999
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- Angiodysplasia (1992-1998)
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- National Library of Medicine. Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020252. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020252
- Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastric_antral_vascular_ectasia
- Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1484679