Bilateral Hematothorax Without Hematemesis-An Unusual Presentation of Variceal Bleeding

Hepatology. 2021 Mar;73(3):1233-1235. doi: 10.1002/hep.31477. Epub 2021 Feb 15.

Authors

Maria Paparoupa¹, Joerg Schrader², Caroline Jung³, Olaf Boenisch¹, Ansgar W Lohse², Stefan Kluge¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care MedicineUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHamburgGermany.
² I. Medical Department - Gastroenterology and HepatologyUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHamburgGermany.
³ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear MedicineUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHamburgGermany.

PMID: 32706902
DOI: 10.1002/hep.31477

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Alcoholism / complications
Emergency Service, Hospital
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / complications
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / diagnosis*
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / diagnostic imaging
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / surgery
Fatal Outcome
Hemothorax / diagnostic imaging
Hemothorax / etiology*
Humans
Hypertension, Portal / complications
Male
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic
Tomography, X-Ray Computed