GAVE
APC of GAVE Using Endocap
Video case: anaemia in a patient presenting positive testing for faecal occult blood. HB 8.0 g%. Treated with APC with endo cap in the gastroscope. If you have similar patient please don't hesitate to...
Endoscopy - Band Ligation for GAVE
In this case, a decision was made to change from APC to Banding for the following reasons: although one could treat nodular GAVE with APC, after initial therapy, I realized that there may be underlying...
Multiple Gastric Angiodysplasia (15 of 17)
Vascular lesions of the gastrointestinal tract are clinically highly relevant, and are a common cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. Among these lesions, gastrointestinal angiodysplasia is frequently...
Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasias - GAVE (6 of...
The image as well as the video clip display the status post APC. APC is a safe and effective short-term treatment for GAVE. The natural history of the condition is uncertain, and at medium-term follow-up...
Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasias - GAVE (5 of...
Argon plasma coagulation (APC) is a new noncontact electocoagulation technique which has several theoretical advantages over laser.
Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasias - GAVE (4 of...
Endoscopic coagulation with heater probe, gold probe or argon plasma coagulator (APC) obliterates the vascular ectasias and reduces the degree of blood loss. More than one session may be needed....
Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasias - GAVE (3 of...
There was extensive vascular ectasia in the distal stomach. Portal hypertensive gastropathy and gastric antral vascular ectasias (GAVE) are both potential causes of upper GI bleeding. While they can...
Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasias - GAVE (2 of...
There was extensive vascular ectasia in the distal stomach. Background: Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia or Watermelon stomach is a rare cause of chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, often presenting...
Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasias - GAVE (1 of...
This 54 year-old alcoholic male had melena and stigmata of bleeding in an previous endoscopy one week before to this one, presented with ascitis and esophageal varices that were ligated in three different...
Watermelon Stomach
Watermelon-stomach is a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. There has been an increasing number of reports on the association of this lesion with diseases of the scleroderma group. Gastric antral...