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A case report of bleeding from a duodenal varix: Rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

INTRODUCTION: Ectopic variceal bleeding is uncommon, accounts for 2–5% of variceal bleeding, of which 17% is in duodenum. PRESENTATION OF CASE: 62-year-old lady with newly diagnosed liver cirrhosis on admission, presented with severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), was ultimately diagnosed w...

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Autores principales: Khor, Vincent, Soon, Yuen, Aung, Lwin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6077164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30029079
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.06.031