Colonic Varices Due to Chronic Pancreatitis: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

A 75-year-old man with chronic pancreatitis presented with painless bloody stool. Computed tomography revealed a splenic vein occlusion with several collaterals towards the descending colon. Colonoscopy showed tortuous varices in the descending colon, which suggested recent bleeding. Sinistral porta...

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Autores principales: Kitagawa, Sho, Sato, Takahiro, Hirayama, Atsushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26157952
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2015.43
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author Kitagawa, Sho
Sato, Takahiro
Hirayama, Atsushi
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description A 75-year-old man with chronic pancreatitis presented with painless bloody stool. Computed tomography revealed a splenic vein occlusion with several collaterals towards the descending colon. Colonoscopy showed tortuous varices in the descending colon, which suggested recent bleeding. Sinistral portal hypertension (SPH) due to chronic pancreatitis was diagnosed, so splenectomy and distal pancreatectomy were performed. Our case illustrates a rare complication of SPH.
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spelling pubmed-44354102015-07-08 Colonic Varices Due to Chronic Pancreatitis: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding Kitagawa, Sho Sato, Takahiro Hirayama, Atsushi ACG Case Rep J Case Report A 75-year-old man with chronic pancreatitis presented with painless bloody stool. Computed tomography revealed a splenic vein occlusion with several collaterals towards the descending colon. Colonoscopy showed tortuous varices in the descending colon, which suggested recent bleeding. Sinistral portal hypertension (SPH) due to chronic pancreatitis was diagnosed, so splenectomy and distal pancreatectomy were performed. Our case illustrates a rare complication of SPH. American College of Gastroenterology 2015-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4435410/ /pubmed/26157952 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2015.43 Text en Copyright © Kitagawa et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
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Kitagawa, Sho
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Colonic Varices Due to Chronic Pancreatitis: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
title Colonic Varices Due to Chronic Pancreatitis: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
title_full Colonic Varices Due to Chronic Pancreatitis: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
title_fullStr Colonic Varices Due to Chronic Pancreatitis: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
title_full_unstemmed Colonic Varices Due to Chronic Pancreatitis: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
title_short Colonic Varices Due to Chronic Pancreatitis: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
title_sort colonic varices due to chronic pancreatitis: a rare cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26157952
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2015.43
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