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. 1992 May;33(5):715–717. doi: 10.1136/gut.33.5.715

Gastric antral vascular ectasia: maintenance treatment with oestrogen-progesterone.

S F Moss 1, P Ghosh 1, D M Thomas 1, J E Jackson 1, J Calam 1
PMCID: PMC1379309  PMID: 1612493

Abstract

Gastric antral vascular ectasia ('watermelon stomach') is a rare cause of chronic gastrointestinal bleeding and various medical and surgical treatments have been described. We report a patient in whom an oestrogen-progesterone preparation successfully controlled recurrent blood loss.

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