Histologic and Endoscopic Similarity between Nodular Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia and Gastric Hyperplastic Polyps Potentially Causing Treatment Delays
Introduction. Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is the underlying cause for 4% of nonvariceal upper GI bleeding. Nodular GAVE and gastric hyperplastic polyps have similar appearance on upper GI endoscopy (EGD) as well as histology, which could delay specific targeted therapy. We herein, through...
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Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1342368 |
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