Ectopic varicosis: a rare case of gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Garbuzenko, D.V.
Klinicheskaia Meditsina 92(6): 12-21
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2149 PMID: 25799825 Document Number: 671695
The author discusses causes, diagnostics and treatment of ectopic varicosis of the gastrointestinal tract. Bleeding from these pathologically dilatedprotosystemic collateral veins at sites beyond the gastroesophagealjunction is rare, but the high lethality rate associated with this condition is a serious challenge. The author emphasizes the necessity of multicentre clinical studies yielding important data on epidemiology ofectopic varicosis for the development ofa diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm for the management of accompanying hemorrhage.