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Variceal Bleed and Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy in a Noncirrhotic Patient with Isolated Splenomegaly

Portal hypertension caused by cirrhosis is the most common etiology of esophageal varices. However, abnormalities of the splenoportal axis in the absence of liver disease may also cause portal hypertension resulting in varices. We report a rare case of esophageal variceal bleed in a noncirrhotic pat...

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Autores principales: Hasan, S. M. Mahmudul, Dmitriew, Meghan, Leonard, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7762672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33381333
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8893713