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

• Main Authors: Ahmad L. F. Yasin (Author), Rahil Hussein Kassamali (Author), Mohammad Khader (Author), Omran Almokdad (Author), Ali Raza Barah (Author), Ahmad Omar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...