Watermelon Stomach

 

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Watermelon Stomach

1984 – The term “watermelon stomach” was first used in a published paper by Jabbari et al.

• They noted that the endoscopic appearance — red, longitudinal streaks in the gastric antrum — resembled the stripes of a watermelon rind.

• This popular term quickly spread in clinical and research use.

Watermelon Stomach is the common name for a condition called Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia (GAVE).

On endoscopy, the stomach lining shows long red streaks that radiate outward from the pylorus (stomach outlet)

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