The article presents a series of case studies of patients with esophageal varices during endoscopic resection of early esophageal neoplasia. Topics discussed include the histological examination of each of the three patients, the condition of their Barrett esophagus, and the high surgical risk of the ...
japonicum eggs back to the liver where they become enveloped within granulomatous, immune response-mediated inflammation (Warren, 1964, Warren, 1978), from which pathological sequelae of periportal fibrosis, portal hypertension, hepatosplenomegaly and esophageal and gastric varices ensue, constituting the ...
EUS Features in Elder Patient with Esophageal Varices; How to Manage for Esophageal Varices in Eldely?A 55 years-old woman who had received peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis for chronic renal failure since 39 years old, presented to our hospital complaining of continuous abdominal fullness and ...
Patients with hepatitis C should be initially evaluated for cirrhosis: if it is not present, there is no need to screen foresophageal varices. A patient with cirrhosis should be screened promptly with upper endoscopy. If no varices are found, endoscopy should be repeated every 2 years. The ...
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) in practice: agreement between observers rating esophageal varices: how to cope with chance? Am J Gastroenterol 2007; 102: 2363-2366.Sierra F, Cardenas A. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) in practice: agreement between observers rating esophageal vari- ces: how to ...
PG18 A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF SCREENING FOR ESOPHAGEAL VARICES: HOW GOOD DOES A CLINICAL DECISION AID HAVE TO BE?doi:10.1016/S1098-3015(10)64445-2RW Klein and TF Imperiale and N ChalasaniValue in Health