Anaemia in a Patient with Diffuse Systemic Scleroderma
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Anaemia in a Patient with Diffuse Systemic Scleroderma
We hereby present a case of anaemia in a 73 years old patient with known past medical history of diffuse systemic scleroderma, who presented with acute onset of dizziness and haemetemesis. Blood tests revealed sudden drop of haemoglobin and an urgent gastroscopy revealed gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) or “watermelon stomach”. GAVE is a rare but well recognised cause of acute bleeding in...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Clinical Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2158-284X,2158-2882
DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2013.47056