Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding Due to Isolated Jejunal Varices in a Patient With Extrahepatic Portal Hypertension: A Case Report

Am J Gastroenterol. 2016 Aug;111(8):1209-11. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2016.191.

Authors

Emad Mansoor¹, Ajaypal Singh², Gregory Nizialek¹, Hazel Marie Veloso², Jeffry Katz², Gregory S Cooper², Gerard Isenberg²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
² Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

PMID: 27481431
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2016.191

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Anticoagulants / adverse effects*
Double-Balloon Enteroscopy
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
Humans
Hypertension, Portal / complications*
Hypertension, Portal / diagnostic imaging
Jejunal Diseases / etiology*
Jejunum / blood supply*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Embolism / complications
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / drug therapy*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Varicose Veins / complications*
Varicose Veins / diagnostic imaging

Substances

Anticoagulants