Add to ORKGA 68-year-old woman with stage III colon cancer status after right hemicolectomy and adjuvant FOLFOX (5-fluorouracil/leucovorin/oxaliplatin) chemotherapy was hospitalized for melena and found to have new-onset esophageal and gastric varices on esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Her workup did not reveal an underlying liver disease, but her liver biopsy showed noncirrhotic portal hypertension from obliterative portal venopathy (OPV). The development of OPV is likely from her use of oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy
Learning Objective #1: Recognize the presence and different potential causes of gastric varices in a...
Based on its relation to the liver sinusoid, increased pressure of portal vein can occur at three le...
Variceal bleeding is the most common cause of serious upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding in child...
Background A 35-year-old woman with a past history of antiphospholipid syndrome and near-fatal vascu...
We report herein a case of 35-years-old woman in whom portal hypertension (esophageal varix and sple...
Left-sided portal hypertension (LSPH), also known as splenoportal hypertension, is a rare but life-t...
Portal hypertension caused by cirrhosis is the most common etiology of esophageal varices. However, ...
Abstract Background Oxaliplatin is a key drug for the chemotherapy of colorectal cancer; however, it...
Portal hypertension commonly arises in the setting of advanced liver cirrhosis and is the consequenc...
SummarySplenic vein occlusion caused by abdominal lymphadenopathy is rare. We herein present the cas...
Splenic vein occlusion caused by abdominal lymphadenopathy is rare. We herein present the case of a ...
The authors present the rare case of a 17-year-old girl referred to the medical assessment unit foll...
A 59-year-old female with a history of multiple splanchnic and portal thromboses treated with warfar...
Oxaliplatin is an alkylating agent used for gastrointestinal neoplasia [1]. Case descriptions showed...
The bleeding duodenal varices are a rare complication in patients with portal hypertension, but pres...
Learning Objective #1: Recognize the presence and different potential causes of gastric varices in a...
Based on its relation to the liver sinusoid, increased pressure of portal vein can occur at three le...
Variceal bleeding is the most common cause of serious upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding in child...
Background A 35-year-old woman with a past history of antiphospholipid syndrome and near-fatal vascu...
We report herein a case of 35-years-old woman in whom portal hypertension (esophageal varix and sple...
Left-sided portal hypertension (LSPH), also known as splenoportal hypertension, is a rare but life-t...
Portal hypertension caused by cirrhosis is the most common etiology of esophageal varices. However, ...
Abstract Background Oxaliplatin is a key drug for the chemotherapy of colorectal cancer; however, it...
Portal hypertension commonly arises in the setting of advanced liver cirrhosis and is the consequenc...
SummarySplenic vein occlusion caused by abdominal lymphadenopathy is rare. We herein present the cas...
Splenic vein occlusion caused by abdominal lymphadenopathy is rare. We herein present the case of a ...
The authors present the rare case of a 17-year-old girl referred to the medical assessment unit foll...
A 59-year-old female with a history of multiple splanchnic and portal thromboses treated with warfar...
Oxaliplatin is an alkylating agent used for gastrointestinal neoplasia [1]. Case descriptions showed...
The bleeding duodenal varices are a rare complication in patients with portal hypertension, but pres...
Learning Objective #1: Recognize the presence and different potential causes of gastric varices in a...
Based on its relation to the liver sinusoid, increased pressure of portal vein can occur at three le...
Variceal bleeding is the most common cause of serious upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding in child...