TY - JOUR
T1 - Late stage congestive gastropathy
AU - Leone, Ornella
AU - Zanelli, Magda
AU - Piana, Simonetta
AU - Santini, Donatella
AU - Marrano, Domenico
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Gastric mucosal abnormalities resulting from portal hypertension are defined as 'congestive gastropathy'. A case of congestive gastropathy with unusual features, in a 63 year old man with a history of excessive alcohol intake and cirrhosis, is described. The patient underwent a subtotal gastrectomy because of profuse bleeding from a gastric ulcer, providing a large surgical specimen for examination. Unusual gross and histological findings included prominent arterial intimal hyperplasia, and diffuse duplication and focal fragmentation of the internal lamina elastica. The differential diagnosis of this condition includes primary angiodysplastic gastropathy such as Dieulafoy's disease. The similarity with Dieulafoy-like angiodysplasia emphasises that clear cut criteria to define gastric vascular lesions do not yet exist.
AB - Gastric mucosal abnormalities resulting from portal hypertension are defined as 'congestive gastropathy'. A case of congestive gastropathy with unusual features, in a 63 year old man with a history of excessive alcohol intake and cirrhosis, is described. The patient underwent a subtotal gastrectomy because of profuse bleeding from a gastric ulcer, providing a large surgical specimen for examination. Unusual gross and histological findings included prominent arterial intimal hyperplasia, and diffuse duplication and focal fragmentation of the internal lamina elastica. The differential diagnosis of this condition includes primary angiodysplastic gastropathy such as Dieulafoy's disease. The similarity with Dieulafoy-like angiodysplasia emphasises that clear cut criteria to define gastric vascular lesions do not yet exist.
KW - Cirrhosis
KW - Congestive gastropathy
KW - Primary angiodysplasia
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M3 - Article
C2 - 9215156
AN - SCOPUS:0030978805
VL - 50
SP - 350
EP - 352
JO - Journal of Clinical Pathology - Clinical Molecular Pathology
JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology - Clinical Molecular Pathology
SN - 0021-9746
IS - 4
ER -