Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia (Watermelon Stomach)

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100 relevant articles (12 outcomes, 1 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Description: A distinct vascular lesion in the PYLORIC ANTRUM that is characterized by tortuous dilated blood vessels (ectasia) radiating outward from the PYLORUS. The vessel pattern resembles the stripes on the surface of a watermelon. This lesion causes both acute and chronic GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE.

Also Known As:

Watermelon Stomach; Antral Vascular Ectasias; Ectasia, Antral Vascular; Ectasias, Antral Vascular; Stomach, Watermelon; Stomachs, Watermelon; Vascular Ectasia, Antral; Vascular Ectasias, Antral; Watermelon Stomachs; Antral Vascular Ectasia

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Disease Context: Research Results

Digestive System Diseases: 29

Gastrointestinal Diseases: 1159

Stomach Diseases: 357

Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia: 100

Cardiovascular Diseases: 18533

Vascular Diseases: 7185

Angiodysplasia: 227

Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia: 100

Related Diseases

1.	Hemorrhage
2.	Angiodysplasia
3.	Syndrome
4.	Liver Diseases (Liver Disease)
5.	Fibrosis (Cirrhosis)

Experts

1.	Byrne, Thomas J: 1 article (08/2008)
2.	Wells, Christopher D: 1 article (08/2008)
3.	Sharma, Virender K: 1 article (08/2008)
4.	Harrison, M Edwyn: 1 article (08/2008)
5.	Depetris, Giovanni: 1 article (08/2008)
6.	Gurudu, Suryakanth R: 1 article (08/2008)
7.	Crowell, Michael D: 1 article (08/2008)
8.	Ang, Daphne S W: 1 article (08/2007)
9.	Ng, Keng Yeen: 1 article (08/2007)
10.	Yap, Chin Kong: 1 article (08/2007)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia:

1.	ArgonIBA 03/01/2004 - "CONCLUSION: Argon plasma coagulation is a safe and effective alternative to the currently available endoscopic modalities of treatment for gastric antral vascular ectasia." 10/01/2008 - "She underwent multiple sessions with Argon plasma coagulation, a non-contact thermal method of hemostasis for the management of watermelon stomach" 08/01/2007 - "Gastric antral vascular ectasia successfully controlled by argon plasma coagulation." 07/01/2006 - "AIM: To analyze the endoscopic and clinical features of gastric antral vascular ectasia and its response to the argon plasma coagulation treatment" 07/01/2006 - "Watermelon stomach: clinical aspects and treatment with argon plasma coagulation." Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Octreotide (Sandostatin)FDA LinkGeneric 06/01/1998 - "Unsuccessful octreotide treatment of the watermelon stomach." 11/01/1999 - "PATIENTS AND METHODS: We treated 17 patients (seven had isolated angiodysplasia, seven had multiple upper and lower gastrointestinal angiodysplasia, and three had watermelon stomach) with octreotide (0" 11/01/1999 - "AIM: To determine the efficacy of octreotide in patients with long-standing gastrointestinal bleeding due to acquired angiodysplasia and watermelon stomach, resistant to previous treatments and not suitable for surgery because of old age and/or concomitant disorders" 11/01/1999 - "CONCLUSIONS: Octreotide is a safe drug that may be useful to control the recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding due to acquired angiodysplasia and watermelon stomach, especially in patients who are not candidates for surgery due to old age and/or concomitant disorders." Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	NeodymiumIBA 01/01/2006 - "Efficacy of neodymium:YAG laser therapy for gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) following hematopoietic cell transplant." 01/01/2006 - "We determined the incidence of severe bleeding from gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) after myeloablative hematopoietic cell transplant and the outcomes after treatment with endoscopic neodymium:YAG laser photocoagulation" 07/01/1997 - "The case of a patient who underwent repeated sessions of neodymium: yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser therapy over a five-year period for the treatment of the watermelon stomach is presented" Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Tranexamic Acid (AMCA)FDA Link 05/01/1998 - "CONCLUSION: Tranexamic acid may be a useful treatment for refractory bleeding due to gastric antral vascular ectasia in patients with cirrhosis." 05/01/1998 - "Tranexamic acid for severe bleeding gastric antral vascular ectasia in cirrhosis." Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Iron (Serum Iron Level)IBA 08/15/2008 - "CONCLUSIONS: Our series indicates that watermelon stomach should be considered when unexplained iron-deficiency anaemia occurs in SSc patients" 01/01/2004 - "It is suggested that the diagnostic possibility of Gastric antral vascular ectasia should be considered in any elderly patient, more so in females, with persistent unexplained Iron deficiency anaemia." 04/01/1994 - "Eight patients (six women and two men) were found to have iron deficiency anaemia due to diffuse gastric antral vascular ectasia" 06/23/1986 - "Antral vascular ectasia is a rarely described condition; it is a cause of blood loss and iron deficiency anaemia, particularly in the elderly" 09/01/2004 - "Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) syndrome is an uncommon cause of chronic gastrointestinal bleeding and iron deficiency anaemia" Order ALL the reference details at left...
6.	AntralIBA 09/01/2004 - "Those changes were progression of multiple antral erythematous spots into linear configuration and lastly to watermelon stomach" 06/01/2002 - "Watermelon stomach: not only an antral disease." 01/01/1996 - "CONCLUSIONS: Repeated thermal injury to the antral mucosa in patients with the watermelon stomach may result in the development of hyperplastic polyps" 10/01/1995 - "Antral motility in patients with cirrhosis with or without gastric antral vascular ectasia." 06/17/1994 - "Antral angiodysplasia ("watermelon stomach")]" Order ALL the reference details at left...
7.	Progesterone FDA LinkGeneric 05/13/2001 - "In their paper they report two cases of watermelon stomach, the lesions were successfully treated with oestrogen-progesterone compounds." 05/01/1992 - "Gastric antral vascular ectasia: maintenance treatment with oestrogen-progesterone." 01/01/1995 - "Estrogen/progesterone treatment of diffuse antral vascular ectasia." 10/01/1999 - "Treatment of chronic bleeding from gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) with estrogen-progesterone in cirrhotic patients: an open pilot study." 12/01/1998 - "Watermelon stomach--an unusual cause of recurrent upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a uremic patient receiving estrogen-progesterone therapy: case report." Order ALL the reference details at left...
8.	RNA Helicases (RNA Helicase)IBA 06/01/2000 - "RNA helicase II/Gu (RH II/Gu) is a mammalian nucleolar RNA helicase previously identified using an autoimmune serum from a patient with watermelon stomach disease" 08/01/1997 - "OBJECTIVE: An autoantibody to a nucleolar RNA helicase protein (Gu) was recently discovered in a patient with gastric antral vascular ectasia or watermelon stomach, a disorder that is increasingly being described in systemic sclerosis (SSc)" 05/01/2000 - "RNA helicase II/Gu (RH II/Gu) is a nucleolar antigen originally identified using an autoimmune serum from a patient with watermelon stomach" 05/01/2000 - "Unique epitopes in RNA helicase II/Gu protein recognized by serum from a watermelon stomach patient." 04/01/1996 - "A nucleolar RNA helicase recognized by autoimmune antibodies from a patient with watermelon stomach disease." Order ALL the reference details at left...
9.	Estrogens (Estrogen)FDA Link 01/01/1995 - "Estrogen/progesterone treatment of diffuse antral vascular ectasia." 10/01/1999 - "Treatment of chronic bleeding from gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) with estrogen-progesterone in cirrhotic patients: an open pilot study." 12/01/1998 - "Watermelon stomach--an unusual cause of recurrent upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a uremic patient receiving estrogen-progesterone therapy: case report." Order ALL the reference details at left...
10.	AntibodiesIBA 04/01/1996 - "A nucleolar RNA helicase recognized by autoimmune antibodies from a patient with watermelon stomach disease." 08/01/1997 - "CONCLUSION: Anti-Gu (nucleolar RNA helicase) antibodies occur in low frequencies in patients with CTDs who have antinucleolar antibodies by ANA testing, but they are not specific for SSc or the watermelon stomach lesion." Order ALL the reference details at left...

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Solid-State Lasers 01/01/2004 - "Nd:YAG laser induces long-term remission in transfusion-dependent patients with watermelon stomach." 02/01/1995 - "This study reports on the first EUS description of watermelon stomach, as well as the clinical, endoscopic, and EUS response to Nd:YAG laser therapy" 02/01/1995 - "BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: To date, the endosonographic (EUS) appearance of watermelon stomach is unknown, and few reports have described the effectiveness of Nd:YAG lasers in the treatment of this condition" 05/01/1996 - "The endoscopic Nd-YAG laser treatment of the "watermelon stomach"]" 02/01/1995 - "PATIENTS AND METHODS: Three patients with watermelon stomach, diagnosed by endoscopy and histology, were studied with EUS before and after Nd:YAG laser treatment" Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Laser Coagulation 09/01/1996 - "Laser coagulation is safe and effective treatment for anaemia due to watermelon stomach and should be considered as first line therapy." 04/01/2000 - "Histological estimation of the efficacy of endoscopic laser coagulation therapy for diffuse antral vascular ectasia." 06/01/1989 - "Laser coagulation for watermelon stomach appears to be safe and efficacious and may be a therapeutic alternative for this disorder." 04/01/2000 - "We present the case of a 72-year-old woman with successful control of repeated episodes of bleeding from diffuse antral vascular ectasia (DAVE) by laser coagulation therapy" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Renal Dialysis (Hemodialysis) 01/01/2005 - "Watermelon stomach" in patients on chronic hemodialysis." 03/01/1996 - "Gastric antral vascular ectasia in a patient on hemodialysis improved with CAPD." 06/01/2006 - "We describe 2 patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD; 1 patient, hemodialysis therapy; 1 patient, peritoneal dialysis therapy) and watermelon stomach who presented with upper gastrointestinal bleeding and severe transfusion-dependent iron-deficiency anemia" Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Transplants (Transplant) 09/01/1996 - "Bleeding from gastric antral vascular ectasia in marrow transplant patients." 01/01/2006 - "Efficacy of neodymium:YAG laser therapy for gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) following hematopoietic cell transplant." 01/01/2006 - "We determined the incidence of severe bleeding from gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) after myeloablative hematopoietic cell transplant and the outcomes after treatment with endoscopic neodymium:YAG laser photocoagulation" Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Cryotherapy (Therapy, Cold) 11/01/2008 - "Endoscopic cryotherapy for the management of gastric antral vascular ectasia." 03/01/2003 - "Cryotherapy was also effective in patients with multiple arteriovenous malformations (86%) and watermelon stomach (71%)" Order ALL the reference details at left...

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