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Acute or chronic gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and iron deficiency anemia may result from GI angiomata. In this report, specific angiomatouw lesions discussed are Osler-Weber-Rendu (O-W-R) telangiectasia and ...
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Since the first endoscopic laser treatment in man in 1975 (1) there have been many anecdotal reports of successful treatment of hemorrhage from lesions of the upper gastrointestinal tract. However, gastrointes...
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Esophageal carcinoma is often diagnosed by endoscopy. Of the potentially curative treatments, surgery and radiotherapy are the two most commonly employed. Unfortunately, it is far more common for the treatment...