An unusual cause of hematemesis: Goiter

Downhill varices are located in the upper part of the esophagus and are usually related to superior vena cava obstruction. Bleeding from these varices is extremely rare. We describe a 77-year-old patient with hematemesis due to downhill varices as a result of recurrent goiter. A right lobe thyroidec...

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Huvudupphovsmän: van der Veldt, Astrid AM, Hadithi, Mohammed, Paul, Marinus A, van den Berg, Fred G, Mulder, Chris JJ, Craanen, Mikael E
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited 2006
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Case Report
Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4088218/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16981281
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v12.i33.5412
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