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Gastric bleeding in pseudoxanthoma elasticum.

L Kundrotas·J Novak·J Kremzier·M Meenaghan·J Hassett
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We report a case of pseudoxanthoma elasticum and gastrointestinal bleeding, and document the degenerative changes of the gastric arterioles occurring over a 26-yr period. In addition to the internal elastic lamellar degeneration and dystrophic calcification, we describe the presence, ultrastructurally, of an abnormal collagen fiber. These degenerative changes in the gastric vascular bed can be a direct cause of gastrointestinal bleeding.

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L Kundrotas, J Novak, J Kremzier, M Meenaghan, J Hassett. 1988. Gastric bleeding in pseudoxanthoma elasticum.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3260744/

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