[Rare late complications following thorotrast arteriographs (author's transl)].
Hematemesis in a thorotrastosis patient with severe liver dystrophy led to a tentative diagnosis of portal hypertension. The possibility of portal hypertension was eliminated via angiography. The cause of the hematoemesis was multiple bleeding stomach ulcers. In spite of severe damage to the liver parenchyma, portal hypertension with thorotrastosis does not usually occur. This has been confirmed in the literature and by histologic investigations. In second thorotrastosis patient, the cause of pain and swelling was a sterile abscess formation in the area of the thorotrastoma.
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D013911:Thorium Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects*
D013911:Thorium Dioxide
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