Isolated jejunal varices: a cause of occult gastrointestinal hemorrhage in a cirrhotic patient with mild portal hypertension

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 May;10(5):A32. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.01.016. Epub 2012 Jan 28.

Authors

Noam Shussman¹, Gadi Lalazar, Allan I Bloom

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

PMID: 22289869
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.01.016

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Capsule Endoscopy
Female
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
Humans
Hypertension, Portal / complications*
Hypertension, Portal / diagnosis
Jejunal Diseases / complications*
Jejunal Diseases / diagnosis
Liver Cirrhosis / complications*
Liver Cirrhosis / diagnosis
Middle Aged
Phlebography
Radiography, Abdominal
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Varicose Veins / complications*
Varicose Veins / diagnosis