Duodenal Varices: A Case Report and Review of the Literature | Zendy

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Duodenal Varices: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Author(s) -

Lawrence McChesney,

Donald M. Jensen,

Terence A.S. Matalon,

Daniel Ganger,

Howard Sankary,

Preston Foster,

James W. Williams

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

hpb surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.561

H-Index - 26

eISSN - 1607-8462

pISSN - 0894-8569

DOI - 10.1155/1995/97496

Subject(s) - medicine , varices , general surgery , medline , cirrhosis , law , political science

D.C. is a 56 year old male with a past medical history of excessive ethanol use and internal hemorrhoids. He presented in the summer of 1993 to another hospital with gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to an endoscopically confirmed gastric ulcer acquired following the withdrawal of alcohol use. He was placed on a regime of H blockers, iron replacement therapy and did well for five months but then presented with complaints of progressive fatigue and epigastric discomfort. Evaluation revealed a hemoglobin of 3.8 g./dl. Colonoscopy did not reveal a source of bleeding. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), revealed antral

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