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Tackling Post‐Endoscopy Gastric Cancer in a Low‐Risk Area: Prevalence, Features, and Prevention Opportunities Through Better Clinical Practice

United European Gastroenterology Journal, Volume 13, Issue 10, Page 2057-2065, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Post‐endoscopy gastric cancer (PEGC) is a gastric cancer (GC) diagnosed within 3 years after an esophago‐gastro‐duodenoscopy (EGD) negative for cancer. Post‐endoscopy gastric cancer has a prevalence of 9%–11% in the western population and is potentially reducible through adequate surveillance and high‐quality endoscopy.
Ricard Prat, Joan Llach, Sheyla Montori, Anabella Cuestas, Nayra Felípez, Alba Valero, Pedro Delgado‐Guillena, Javier Tejedor‐Tejada, Elena Arruebo, Silvia Patricia Ortega, Pilar Diez, Diana Zaffalon, Luis Hernández, Gadea Hontoria, Rosa María Saíz, Gonzalo Hijos‐Mallada, María José Domper, Sara Zarraquiños, Astrid Irene Díez‐Martín, Alberto Herreros, Diego de Frutos, Fátima Valentín, José Santiago, Virginia Piñol, Alicia Martín‐Lagos, Irina Luzko, Elisa Cantú‐Germano, Francesc Balaguer, Glòria Fernández‐Esparrach, Eduardo Albéniz, Leticia Moreira, on behalf of EpiGASTRIC/EDGAR Consortium   +31 more
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Stroke after percutaneous transhepatic variceal obliteration of esophageal varix in Caroli syndrome [PDF]

Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2013
Here we present the case of an 11-year-old female patient diagnosed with Caroli syndrome, who had refractory esophageal varices. The patient had a history of recurrent bleeding from esophageal varices, which was treated with endoscopic variceal ligation ...
Yoo Min Lee, Yoon Lee, Yon Ho Choe
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Management of varices and variceal hemorrhage in cirrhosis [PDF]

, 2013
Variceal hemorrhage is a lethal complication of cirrhosis, particularly in patients in whom clinical decompensation (i.e., ascites, encephalopathy, a previous episode of hemorrhage, or jaundice) has already developed.
Gonzalez R, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, Jaime Bosch, Laine L   +3 more
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Analysis of Risk Factors and Circumferential Distribution of Exposed Cardiac Glands

JGH Open, Volume 9, Issue 11, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the risk factors associated with exposed cardiac glands and their circumferential distribution in the esophagus and to establish a theoretical foundation for the occurrence and progression of these glands. Methods Prospectively enrolled patients who underwent gastroscopy in our hospital from December 2023 to March 2024.
Mingyang Fan, Haiyang Hua, Jingyi Yin, Chunrou Long, Yuan Li, Jianhui Li, Xin Hao   +6 more
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Noninvasive assessment of oesophageal varices presence and size in patients with liver cirrhosis using right liver lobe/serum albumin concentration [PDF]

, 2007
Background/Aim. Liver cirrhosis is a chronic, progressive disease and it is usually accompanied by portal hypertension. The development of oesophageal varices (OV) is one of the major complications of portal hypertension.
Alempijević Tamara, Bulat Vladislava, Ješić Rada, Kovačević Nada, Krstić Miodrag, Tomić Dragan, Đuranović Srđan   +6 more
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The use of octreotide in pediatric patients: Practical applications for gastrointestinal disorders and beyond: A narrative review

Nutrition in Clinical Practice, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 1040-1052, October 2025.
Abstract Somatostatin is a naturally occurring polypeptide hormone that exerts its effect on the gastrointestinal tract by reducing exocrine and endocrine secretion, resulting in decreased motility, gastric emptying, splanchnic blood flow, fat absorption, lymphatic flow, and gallbladder contraction.
Bailey Dunn, Megan Foxe, Kathy Hunter Sprott, Jessica E. Hook, Candi Jump   +4 more
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A comparative study of multi-detector CT portography versus endoscopy in evaluation of gastro-esophageal varices in portal hypertension patients

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2020
Background Portal hypertension is a major complication resulting from obstruction of portal blood flow, like cirrhosis or portal vein thrombosis, that leads to portal hypertension.
Hany El-Assaly, Lamiaa I. A. Metwally, Heba Azzam, Mohamed Ibrahim Seif-Elnasr   +3 more
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"Downhill" varices. A rare cause of esophageal hemorrhage [PDF]

, 2006
"Downhill" varices or upper esophageal varices are a rare cause of proximal digestive tract hemorrhage with only 16 cases described in the literature. In our series, hemorrhage due to "downhill" varices represents 0.1% of all acute esophageal variceal ...
Amaro, P, Areia, M, Ferreira, M, Freitas, D, Romãozinho, JM   +4 more
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An Etiological Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2012
Background: To determine the causes of upper gastrointestinal bleed in patients undergoing endoscopy Methods: In this prospective descriptive study 147 naive patients, with first episode of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, who underderwent endoscopic ...
Sohail Bhutta
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Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for bleeding gastric varices in a patient without a gastrorenal shunt

International Journal of Gastrointestinal Intervention
Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) is an endovascular technique frequently employed in the management of bleeding gastric varices among patients with portal hypertension.
Saurabh Kumar, Apoorva Batra, Rinkesh Bansal, Reyaz Para   +3 more
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