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1: Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 1994;18(6-7):649-51.Links

[Vascular gastric anomalies, CREST syndrome and primary biliary cirrhosis: efficacy of ethinyl estradiol-norethisterone combination]

[Article in French]

Schoonbroodt D, Horsmans Y, Hoang P, Poncelet-Maton E, Laka A, Geubel A.

Service de Gastroentérologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (UCL), Bruxelles, Belgique.

Vascular gastric lesions are a rare cause of chronic gastric bleeding. We report the case of a 70-year old woman with primary biliary cirrhosis, CREST syndrome and vascular gastric lesions corresponding to watermelon stomach. Oestrogen-progesterone treatment successfully controlled recurrent blood loss.

PMID: 7875423 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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