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Endoscopy 1980; 12(5): 200-204
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1021743
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1021743
Gastrointestinal Telangiectasia as a Cause of Severe Blood Loss in Systemic Sclerosis
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Publication Date:
17 March 2008 (online)
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Summary
Two patients with progressive scleroderma had severe gastrointestinal blood loss. Endoscopical examination revealed multiple telangiectases in the upper gastrointestinal tract, especially in the stomach. The telangiectases in the skin and the mucosa in systemic sclerosis are indistinguishable endoscopically and histologically from those seen in hereditary hemaorrhagic telangiectasia. Recurrent and severe gastrointestinal hemorrhage originating from telangiectases is an unusual complication of systemic sclerosis.
Key words:
GI-bleeding - Gastrointestinal telangiectasia - Progressive scleroderma