An Unusual Gastric Antral Mass

Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia.

Iron deficiency anaemia secondary to gastrointestinal bleeding is very common in the elderly. Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) syndrome, also known as watermelon stomach is an uncommon but significant cause of acute or chronic gastrointestinal blood loss in the elderly. It is characterised endoscopically by "watermelon stripes." It is more common in females than males, and manifests mostl...

antral gastric tissue

This paper presents evidence for the existence in extracts from porcine non-antral gastric tissue of a peptide capable of causing substantial rises of plasma immunoreactive gastrin levels in a dose dependent manner and of stimulation of gastric acid and pepsin secretion. Obtained data show that the peptide is basic and that its gastrin releasing properties are at least partially resistant to at...

An unusual abdominal mass.

Accepted 20 August 1997 A 78-year old woman presented with pain in her left lower abdomen for three days. She had also noticed an associated swelling in the same area, and a feeling of incomplete evacuation of her bowel. However, there was no nausea, vomiting, change in bowel habits, or rectal bleeding. She was otherwise fit and healthy, apart from mild hypertension for which she was taking ben...

An unusual pulmonary mass.

Accepted 17 April 1996 A 23-year-old woman smoker complained of right-sided chest pain. The patient had no significant personal or family history. She was asymptomatic, and physical examination was unremarkable. Her chest X-ray and thoracic computed tomography (CT) scan are shown in figures 1 and 2. Blood biochemical and haematological examinations were normal, as was abdominal ultrasonography....

An unusual acute gastric emergency.