A Case of Isolated Duodenal Varices Secondary to Chronic Pancreatitis with Review of Literature

An unusual case of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to an isolated varix involving the 2nd part of the duodenum is presented here. The varix was the result of Chronic Pancreatitis induced the superior mesenteric vein obstruction. The diagnosis was made preoperatively by upper gastrointestinal e...

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Autores principales: Bommana, Venugopala, Shah, Prasun, Kometa, Michael, Narwal, Rawan, Sharma, Prashant
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5139857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27942309
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/gr249w
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author Bommana, Venugopala
Shah, Prasun
Kometa, Michael
Narwal, Rawan
Sharma, Prashant
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description An unusual case of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to an isolated varix involving the 2nd part of the duodenum is presented here. The varix was the result of Chronic Pancreatitis induced the superior mesenteric vein obstruction. The diagnosis was made preoperatively by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and selective mesenteric angiogram. Patient was treated successfully with Mesocaval shunt surgery between the superior mesenteric vein and the inferior vena cava using a 10 mm Dacron graft. This is the unique case showing hemorrhagic complication of Chronic Pancreatitis due to the superior mesenteric vein obstruction.
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spelling pubmed-51398572016-12-09 A Case of Isolated Duodenal Varices Secondary to Chronic Pancreatitis with Review of Literature Bommana, Venugopala Shah, Prasun Kometa, Michael Narwal, Rawan Sharma, Prashant Gastroenterology Res Case Report An unusual case of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to an isolated varix involving the 2nd part of the duodenum is presented here. The varix was the result of Chronic Pancreatitis induced the superior mesenteric vein obstruction. The diagnosis was made preoperatively by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and selective mesenteric angiogram. Patient was treated successfully with Mesocaval shunt surgery between the superior mesenteric vein and the inferior vena cava using a 10 mm Dacron graft. This is the unique case showing hemorrhagic complication of Chronic Pancreatitis due to the superior mesenteric vein obstruction. Elmer Press 2010-12 2010-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5139857/ /pubmed/27942309 http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/gr249w Text en Copyright 2010, Bommana et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A Case of Isolated Duodenal Varices Secondary to Chronic Pancreatitis with Review of Literature
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