Postemetic hematomas: a variant of the Mallory-Weiss syndrome.
Of forty-four patients with the Mallory-Weiss syndrome, nine (20 per cent) had endoscopic evidence of small submucosal hematoma(s) lying in or adjacent to the region of the the tear. These small hematomas are believed to occur most commonly as a variant of the Mallory-Weiss lesion.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004943:Esophagogastric Junction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008309:Mallory-Weiss Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D014839:Vomiting / Q000150:complications*