Small bowel vascular ectasia is associated with:
Vascular Ectasias Vascular ectasias are flat mucosal vascular anomalies They are best diagnosed by endoscopy. They generally causes slow intestinal blood loss Classical example is: gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) or "watermelon stomach" Other examples are: a) Cecal vascular ectasias (senile lesions) b) Radiation-induced rectal ectasias Argon plasma coagulation is an effective method of controlling bleeding. MUST KNOW: Patients with diffuse small-bowel vascular ectasias is associated with chronic renal failure and with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Ref: Harrison, Edition-18, Page-2417.
Retroviral infection
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Chronic renal failure
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