Obscure gastrointestinal hemorrhage from mesenteric varices diagnosed by video capsule endoscopy

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1169-1174

  Fix, Oren K ^a,e   Simon, Jonathan T ^a   Farraye, Francis A ^a   Oviedo, Jaime A ^a   Pratt, Daniel S ^b   Chen, William T ^d   Cave, David R ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic varices; Intestinal varices; Portal hypertension; Venous lakes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; MALE; MESENTERIC VEIN; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ANGIOGRAPHY; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MESENTERIC VEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; VARICOSE VEINS; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 33748420074     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-8027-6     Document Type: Article

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