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Solitary Variceal Rupture in the Small Intestine

A 70-year-old man was referred to our hospital to undergo treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma. In hospital, he complained of hematochezia and a laboratory analysis revealed a decreased level of hemoglobin. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a tumor in the small intestine, with slow enhancemen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Watanabe, Yukinobu, Ogawa, Masahiro, Hayashi, Kaori, Kumagawa, Mariko, Takayasu, Kentaro, Hirayama, Midori, Miura, Takao, Shiozawa, Katsuhiko, Matsumoto, Naoki, Nakagawara, Hiroshi, Yamamoto, Toshiki, Moriyama, Mitsuhiko, Hemmi, Akihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5410474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28321064
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Sumario:A 70-year-old man was referred to our hospital to undergo treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma. In hospital, he complained of hematochezia and a laboratory analysis revealed a decreased level of hemoglobin. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a tumor in the small intestine, with slow enhancement of the dorsal region. Double-balloon enteroscopy revealed a submucosal tumor with a depression in the jejunum. Partial enterectomy was performed and a pathological examination demonstrated the presence of a solitary varix. Solitary varix in the small intestine has not been reported previously. We herein report an extremely rare case of solitary varix in the jejunum.