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Regression of esophageal varices and splenomegaly in two patients with hepatitis-C-related liver cirrhosis after interferon and ribavirin combination therapy [PDF]

Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2016
Some recent studies have found regression of liver cirrhosis after antiviral therapy in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver cirrhosis, but there have been no reports of complete regression of esophageal varices after interferon/peg ...
Soon Jae Lee, Yoo-Kyung Cho, Soo-Young Na, Eun Kwang Choi, Sun Jin Boo, Seung Uk Jeong, Hyung Joo Song, Heung Up Kim, Bong Soo Kim, Byung-Cheol Song   +9 more
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Spleen and Liver Stiffness to Detect Esophageal Varices in Children with Biliary Atresia.

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition - JPGN, 2019
OBJECTIVES To determine the accuracy of non-invasive parameters such as liver (LS) and spleen stiffness (SS) to detect esophageal varices (EV) in children with biliary atresia (BA). METHODS Children with BA between 2000 and 2015 were recruited.
P. Sintusek, Nipaporn Siriporn, D. Punpanich, V. Chongsrisawat, Y. Poovorawan   +4 more
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Case Report: Diagnosis and Treatment Esophageal Varices

Jurnal Kedokteran Diponegoro, 2023
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 ...
Risa Ayu Nilmarani, Indra Zachreini, Diana Novita   +2 more
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Portosystemic collateral vessels in liver cirrhosis: a three-dimensional MDCT pictorial review [PDF]

, 2011
PURPOSE: Portosystemic collateral vessels (PSCV) are a consequence of the portal hypertension that occurs in chronic liver diseases. Their prognosis is strongly marked by the risk of digestive hemorrhage and hepatic encephalopathy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:
A. Bouvier, C. Aubé, C. Ridereau-Zins, E. Moubarak, F. Thouveny, J. Boursier, J. Lebigot, S. Willoteaux   +7 more
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Novel endoscopic treatment strategy for early esophageal cancer in cirrhotic patients with esophageal varices.

Oncology Letters, 2019
The safety and efficacy of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and radiofrequency ablation for early esophageal cancer (EEC) in cirrhotic patients has not been thoroughly investigated to date.
Zhengrong Xu, Yongbing Zhao, Jin Yu, Jianying Bai, En Liu, B. Tang, Shiming Yang   +6 more
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The treatment of achalasia patients with esophageal varices: an international study

United European Gastroenterology journal, 2019
Background Treatment options for achalasia include endoscopic and surgical techniques that carry the risk of esophageal bleeding and perforation. The rare coexistence of esophageal varices has only been anecdotally described and treatment is presumed to ...
M. Pesce, C. Magee, Richard H. Holloway, C. Gyawali, Sabine Roman, M. Pioche, E. Savarino, F. Quader, G. Sarnelli, S. Sanagapalli, A. Bredenoord, R. Sweis   +11 more
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Use of the platelet count/spleen diameter ratio for the noninvasive diagnosis of esophageal varices in patients with schistosomiasis

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011
Background/Aim: In patients with liver cirrhosis, the platelet count/spleen diameter ratio has been validated as a parameter for the noninvasive diagnosis of esophageal varices.
Adnan Agha, Mamdouh M Abdulhadi, Simona Marenco, Abdelhaleem Bella, Dib AlSaudi, Ahmed El-Haddad, Simona Inferrera, Vincenzo Savarino, Edoardo G Giannini   +8 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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Endoscopic therapy using an endoscopic variceal ligation for minute cancer of the esophagogastric junction complicated with esophageal varices: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010
Introduction Standard endoscopic mucosal resection or endoscopic submucosal dissection is a procedure for patients with minute cancers, complicated with esophageal varices that puts them at high risk of bleeding.
Inamori Masahiko, Takahashi Hirokazu, Yoneda Kyoko, Hosono Kunihiro, Endo Hiroki, Iida Hiroshi, Abe Yasunobu, Akiyama Tomoyuki, Ryo Akihide, Yamanaka Shoji, Inayama Yoshiaki, Nakajima Atsushi   +11 more
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Νon-invasive screening for esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis

Annals of gastroenterology : quarterly publication of the Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology, 2018
Esophageal varices are one of the main complications of liver cirrhosis. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is the gold standard for the detection of esophageal varices.
A. Karatzas, Christos Konstantakis, I. Aggeletopoulou, C. Kalogeropoulou, K. Thomopoulos, C. Triantos   +5 more
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