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DA43.4 category

Diffuse vascular ectasia of stomach

Definition

Tortuous dilated blood vessels in the pyloric antrum radiating outward from the pylorus (so-called watermelon stomach). It may cause both acute and chronic gastrointestinal haemorrhage.

Also indexed as

DAVE - [diffuse antral vascular ectasia]Diffuse vascular ectasia of stomachGAVE - [gastric antral vascular ectasia]watermelon stomach

Nearby in Vascular disorders of the stomach