The antrum grinds and sieves solids, ... Acute hyperglycemia is itself a reversible cause of delayed gastric emptying, leading to reduced fundic tone, suppression of antral contractions, ...

Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE), or watermelon stomach, causes the stomach lining to bleed. Learn about the symptoms, causes, treatment, and more.

March 24, 2003 — Biopsy of the gastric antrum can be helpful in distinguishing Crohn's disease (CD) from other pediatric colitides, according to the results of a small study published in the ...

Watermelon stomach is named for the characteristic longitudinal red columns radiating to the pylorus (), visible by endoscopy.1 The condition can occur in patients with systemic sclerosis, portal ...

Evidence-based recommendations on radiofrequency ablation for gastric antral vascular ectasia. This involves using radiofrequency (heat) energy to stop the bleeding by destroying the enlarged blood ...

Gastric antral vascular ectasia is a rare cause of upper digestive system bleeding. Around 71% of people with gastric antral vascular ectasia are female, and the average age of people who have it ...

The gastric antrum may have periods of rapid slow-wave activity. Normally, the rate of slow-wave activity varies between 2.4 cpm and 3.6 cpm.

Next, the researchers explored how R-spondin 3 regulates the turnover of gastric stem cells. The growth of antral epithelial organoids derived from mice was impaired when R-spondin 3 was absent ...

Among the 31 patients, 30 who did not have lesions associated with gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) were included in the analysis of the change in number and size of angiodysplastic lesions.