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The White Nipple Sign: Please Do Not Disturb
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2011 Blood spurting or oozing from a varix confirms the diagnosis of variceal hemorrhage. In most cases of variceal hemorrhage, however, the bleeding has ceased by the time endoscopy is performed.
Naser M. Khan, Alan B. Shapiro
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Acute variceal bleeding in a patient with idiopathic myelofibrosis successfully treated with endoscopic variceal band ligation and chemotherapy: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010 Introduction Idiopathic myelofibrosis is a chronic myeloproliferative disorder characterized by leukoerythroblastosis, massive splenomegaly, and increases in the reticular and collagen fibers in the bone marrow.
Yamashina Shunhei +5 more
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The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2016 Background/Aims: Partial splenic embolization (PSE) is used in the management of gastroesophageal variceal hemorrhage (GEVH). However, it is uncertain whether it has beneficial effects for GEVH patients in preventing variceal recurrence and variceal ...
Ping Wang +7 more
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External Hemorrhage from a Portacaval Anastomosis in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis [PDF]
Case Reports in Hepatology, 2014 Variceal bleeding is the major complication of portal hypertension in patients with liver cirrhosis. Hemorrhage mainly occurs in gastrointestinal lumen. Extraluminal hemorrhages are quite rare, such as intraperitoneal hemorrhages.
Murat Biyik +8 more
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Management of acute variceal hemorrhage [PDF]
F1000Research, 2019 Gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the major causes of death in patients with cirrhosis, and gastroesophageal varices represent the main source of hemorrhage. Even though in the last decades survival has been improved because of the widespread adoption of effective treatments and optimization of general medical care, mortality is still significantly ...
Zanetto, Alberto, Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe
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Prevention and Management of Gastroesophageal Varices in Cirrhosis [PDF]
International Journal of Hepatology, 2012 Variceal hemorrhage is one of the major complications of liver cirrhosis associated with significant mortality and morbidity. Its management has evolved over the past decade and has substantially reduced the rate of first and recurrent bleeding while ...
Yen-I Chen, Peter Ghali
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Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Background and Aims Reliable noninvasive biomarkers are an unmet clinical need for the diagnosis of NASH. This study investigates the diagnostic accuracy of the circulating triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (plasma TREM2) as a biomarker for NASH in patients with NAFLD and elevated liver stiffness.
Vineesh Indira Chandran +17 more
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Targeted decrease of portal hepatic pressure gradient improves ascites control after TIPS
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 The river diagram demonstrates that after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt insertion (TIPS) the majority of patients without ascites and 50% of the patients with ascites detectable at ultrasound, show the best response in the long term follow‐up.
Alexander Queck +14 more
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Annals of Hepatology, 2022 Introduction and Objectives: Clinical studies show a high prevalence of components of the metabolic syndrome (MS) in patients with liver cirrhosis not associated with NAFLD as a factor that increases portal hypertension (PH) and the frequency of variceal
T Deaquino Reyes +3 more
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Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 A deleterious variant of FCHSD1 results in mTOR pathway overactivation and may cause porto‐sinusoidal vascular disorder (PSVD). The pedigree of the family demonstrated an autosomal dominant disease with variable expressivity. Whole‐genome sequencing and Sanger sequencing both validated the existence of the FCHSD1 variant and the heterozygosity of c ...
Jingxuan Shan +19 more
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