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Laparoscopic surgery is possible in some cases, and as of 2003, was a "novel approach to treating watermelon stomach". [26] A treatment used sometimes is endoscopic band ligation. [27] In 2010, a team of Japanese surgeons performed a "novel endoscopic ablation of gastric antral vascular ectasia". [10]
Gastric cancer: Antrectomy could remove gastric tumors developing in the antrum. [1] Gastric antral vascular ectasia syndrome (GAVE): The disease is characterized by excessive bleeding in the stomach. By removing the bleeding site and reconnecting the upper stomach with the intestines, antrectomy controls chronic bleeding and ensures gastric ...
In medicine (gastroenterology), angiodysplasia is a small vascular malformation of the gut. It is a common cause of otherwise unexplained gastrointestinal bleeding and anemia . Lesions are often multiple, and frequently involve the cecum or ascending colon , although they can occur at other places.
Gastric varices; Gastric antral vascular ectasia; Dieulafoy's lesions; Duodenal causes: Duodenal ulcer; Vascular malformation, including aorto-enteric fistulae. Fistulae are usually secondary to prior vascular surgery and usually occur at the proximal anastomosis at the third or fourth portion of the duodenum where it is retroperitoneal and ...
Portal hypertensive gastropathy can also be treated with endoscopic treatment delivered through a fibre-optic camera into the stomach. Argon plasma coagulation and electrocautery have both been used to stop bleeding from ectatic vessels, and to attempt to obliterate the vessels, but have limited utility if the disease is diffuse.
Dieulafoy's lesion (French:) is a medical condition characterized by a large tortuous artery [2] most commonly in the stomach wall that erodes and bleeds.It can present in any part of the gastrointestinal tract. [3]
Endoscopic image of gastric antral vascular ectasia seen as a radial pattern around the pylorus before (top) and after (bottom) treatment with argon plasma coagulation Endoscopic image of Barrett's esophagus , which is the area of red mucosa projecting like a tongue.
Gastric antral vascular ectasia, dilation of small blood vessels in the last part of the stomach. Telangiectasias are small dilated blood vessels found anywhere on the body, but commonly seen on the face around the nose, cheeks, and chin. Venous ectasia, dilation of veins or venules, such as: Chronic venous insufficiency, often in the leg