<prompt> Small bowel vascular ectasia is associated with:Retroviral infectionAmyloidosisChronic renal failureWatermelon stomach  <response>: 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. 