A Case of Gastric Angiodysplasia Resected Endoscopically Using an Endoscopic Variceal Ligation Device

Abstract

A 68-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with the chief complaint of hematemesis. Laboratory studies showed anemia and positive occult blood in the feces. Endoscopic examination revealed a bright red lesion, approximately 10mm in diameter, on the lesser curvature near the incisura angularis. Color Doppler endoscopic ultrasonography showed multiple capillary vessels and pulsatile flow in the lesion.
Since the gastrointestinal bleeding continued and anemia progressed, the lesion was endoscopically resected using an endoscopic variceal ligation device. Such procedure is useful for the treatment the bleeding in case of angiodysplasia of the stomach.