Bleeding from a Gastric Hyperplastic Polyp during Anticoagulation Therapy
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Bleeding from a gastric hyperplastic polyp during anticoagulation therapy.
A 73-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with complaints of tarry stools. He had been receiving warfarin anticoagulant therapy for severe left ventricular dysfunction. Prothrombin time international normalized ratio had been maintained within 2.0-3.0. Esophagogastroduodenalscopy revealed a polypoid lesion about 10 mm in diameter on the greater curvature of the stomach with oozing (Picture...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5365