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Bleeding ‘downhill’ esophageal varices associated with benign superior vena cava obstruction: case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Proximal or ‘downhill’ esophageal varices are a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Unlike the much more common distal esophageal varices, which are most commonly a result of portal hypertension, downhill esophageal varices result from vascular obstruction of the superior ve...

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Publicado en:BMC Gastroenterol
Main Authors: Loudin, Michael, Anderson, Sharon, Schlansky, Barry
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5078907/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27776486
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-016-0548-7
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