Acute Colonic Variceal Bleeding in a Cirrhotic Patient Treated by Modified Balloon-occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration: A Case Report

• Principais autores: Ahmad L. F. Yasin (Autor), Rahil Hussein Kassamali (Autor), Mohammad Khader (Autor), Omran Almokdad (Autor), Ali Raza Barah (Autor), Ahmad Omar (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Colonic varices are an uncommon type of ectopic varices that can occur due to underlying liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. They form a very rare cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding that can result in massive hemorrhage. We present a 38-year-old woman with a background of ulcerative colit...