Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Caused by Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangectasia
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Gastrointestinal bleeding caused by gastritis cystica polyposa.
1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A man in his 50s presented with a 2-day history of melaena. He had undergone a Billroth II (B-II) gastrectomy for a benign duodenal ulcer 32 years ago. He had a history of heavy alcohol intake and smoked 20 cigarettes per day. Laboratory testing revealed anaemia. Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed a small amount of blood in the gastric remnant and a polypoid lesion at the B...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1542-3565
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.03.017