Bleeding mucosal lesions in the upper gastrointestinal tracts of patients with oesophageal varices and hepatic cirrhosis.
Thirty panendoscopic examinations were carried out on 24 patients with oesophageal varices and hepatic cirrhosis who presented with gastrointestinal hemorrhage. A mucosal lesion, focal or diffuse, was found in the upper gastrointestinal tract in all but three instances. The findings confirmed previous reports that hemorrhage in patients with oesophageal varices frequently occurs from a source other than variceal. This study has also demonstrated that where hemorrhage occurs from oesophageal varices, erosions of the oesophageal mucosa may play a major role in its pathogenesis.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004724:Endoscopy; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged