A rare cause of frequent blood transfusion, gastric antral vascular ectasia: a case report

Banu Özulu Türkmen1, Aslı Çurgunlu1, Onur Kocaş2, Murat Akyıldız3, Nergiz Ekmen3

1İstanbul Bilim Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Geriatri Bilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
2Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, İç Hastalıkları Kliniği, İstanbul, Türkiye
3İstanbul Bilim Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Gastroenteroloji Bilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye

Keywords: Elderly patient; frequent transfusion; gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

Abstract

Gastric antral vascular ectasia is a rare disorder which is usually detected in elderly woman. It is an important syndrome because it can be a reason of frequent blood transfusions. Patients also should be evaluated for co-existing diseases. Herein, we report a 75-year-old female patient diagnosed as Gastric antral vascular ectasia in our clinic and needed more than 20 units of erythrocyte transfusion during her follow-ups.