Multiple Gastric Angiodysplasia (6 of 17)

The argon plasma therapy is initiated Vascular anomalies associated with congenital or systemic diseases, such as blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome, Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, the CREST variant of scleroderma, and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber -Rendu syndrome) Acquired and sporadic lesions, such as angiodysplasias, gastric antral vascular ectasia, radiation-induced vascular ectasias, and Dieulafoy's lesions. Angiodysplasias are by far the most common vascular anomalies encountered in the gastrointestinal tract. This topic review will cover the pathogenesis and clinical issues arising from these lesions. One of the most common complications associated with angiodysplasias is bleeding, which is often occult.