Esophageal varices in non-cirrhotic patients

Palmer, Eddy D.; Brick, Irving B.

doi:10.1016/0002-9343(54)90023-6

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“…18 While the incidence of esophageal varices in non-cirrhotic patients in the literature is not known, this is because data on esophagoscopy is not available. 19,20 In our case report, the patient had no history of liver disorders. An ENT doctor could not examine the possibility of liver cirrhosis, so the patient consulted to gastroenterohepatology specialist.…”

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Case Report: Diagnosis and Treatment Esophageal Varices

Nilmarani

Zachreini

Novita

2023

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Background: Esophageal varices are dilated submucosal veins that connect the portal and systemic circulations to the esophagus. It occurs because of portal hypertension (most caused by cirrhosis), portal blood flow resistance, and increased portal vein blood flow. Esophageal variceal bleeding has a higher morbidity and mortality rate than other upper gastrointestinal bleeding types. In cases of esophageal variceal bleeding, an endoscopic examination is required to make a diagnosis, assess varicose veins, and plan management based on the underlying disease. This case report reviews the diagnosis and management of the esophageal varices at ENT-KL department. Case Presentation: We present a case in which a 54-year-old woman presented to the emergency department of Cut Meutia Hospital with complaints of painful swallowing and a swollen neck. The patient has had this complaint for 5 years, and is getting worse by the day. A barium swallow examination revealed esophageal varices in one-third of the distal esophagus between the seventh and ninth thoracic vertebrae. Conclusion: The patient was diagnosed with esophageal varices and was treated several times before being transferred to a gastroenterology department.

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Case Report: Diagnosis and Treatment Esophageal Varices

Nilmarani

Zachreini

Novita

2023

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“…The prominence of submucosal esophageal veins in two patients with heart failure is of interest in view of the clinical (27) and pathological (28) demonstration of esophageal varices in patients with heart failure. Increased right atrial and caval pressure in right heart failure is accompanied by an increase in portal venous pressure to or slightly above the level of right atrial pressure (29,30).…”

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Porto-Caval and Porto-Pulmonary Anastomoses in Laennec's Cirrhosis and in Heart Failure1

Calabresi¹,

Abelmann²

1957

J. Clin. Invest.

176

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“…Transient varices have been described in cirrhosis (Bennett et al 1953). Palmer (1954) describes and Sherlock (1963) refers to the occurrence of varices in the acute stage of virus hepatitis and in one case their disappearance was noted at a second oesophagoscopy. Such reports are rare and Ruchman and Davis (1957), for example, were unable to demonstrate varices in fifteen patients in whom they demonstrated raised portal pressure in an attack of hepatitis.…”

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