Abstract
Complication of endoscopic variceal injection sclerotherapy for esophageal variceal hemorrhage is not unusual. However, sclerotherapy complicated panophthalmitis was never reported before. We report such an unusual complication and discuss its possible mechanism and treatment.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Endophthalmitis / diagnostic imaging
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Endophthalmitis / microbiology*
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Endoscopy
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Esophageal and Gastric Varices / therapy*
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Hemorrhage / therapy*
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Humans
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Klebsiella Infections / etiology*
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Klebsiella pneumoniae*
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Male
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Sclerotherapy / adverse effects*
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Sclerotherapy / methods
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed