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

Abstract

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.

• Authors: D Schoonbroodt, Y Horsmans, P Hoang, E Poncelet-Maton, A Laka, A Geubel
• Journal: Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique (Gastroenterol Clin Biol) Vol. 18 Issue 6-7 Pg. 649-51 ( 1994) ISSN: 0399-8320 [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Anomalies vasculaires gastriques, CREST syndrome et cirrhose biliaire primitive: efficacité de l'association éthinyloestradiol-noréthistérone.
• PMID: 7875423 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Ethinyl Estradiol
• Norethindrone

Topics

• Aged
• Anemia, Iron-Deficiency (drug therapy, etiology)
• CREST Syndrome (complications)
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Ethinyl Estradiol (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Humans
• Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary (complications)
• Norethindrone (therapeutic use)
• Stomach Diseases (complications, pathology)
• Syndrome
• Vascular Diseases (complications)