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Bleeding Vascular Ectasias



Punctate vascular ectasias with stigmata of bleeding. Tiny, fresh-appearing clots adherent to mucosa are present (and are more easily seen in video than on single still images.)





LEFT: Focal bleeding from a jejunal vascular ectasia in a 67 year-old woman with occult gastrointestinal bleeding causing significant anemia. An upward flow of blood can be seen from the lesion. RIGHT: Actively bleeding jejunal vascular ectasia.

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