A case of fibrosing mediastinitis with obstruction of superior vena cava and downhill esophageal varices a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-272

  Basaranoglu, Metin ^a,b   Ozdemir, Sebati ^a   Celik, Aykut Ferhat ^a   Senturk, Hakan ^a   Akin, Perihan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Giil Apt No 6/8 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Downhill esophageal varices; Fibrosing mediastinitis; Radiography; Superior vena cava obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDNISOLONE; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33744468825     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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