Small bowel vascular ectasia is associated with:
Retroviral infection
Amyloidosis
Chronic renal failure
Watermelon stomach
Vascular Ectasias Vascular ectasias are flat mucosal vascular anomalies They are best diagnosed by endoscopy. They generally causes slow intestinal blood loss Classical example is: gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) or "watermelon stomach" Other examples are: a) Cecal vascular ectasias (senile lesions) b) Radiation-induced rectal ectasias Argon plasma coagulation is an effective method of controlling bleeding. MUST KNOW: Patients with diffuse small-bowel vascular ectasias is associated with chronic renal failure and with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Ref: Harrison, Edition-18, Page-2417.