title: [Colonic varices secondary to recurrent acute pancreatitis].
abstract: Colonic varices are a rare finding, with variable clinical features. The authors describe the first case of colonic varices secondary to acute recurrent pancreatitis, and associated with colon cancer. There are about 70 reports of colonic varices; none of them is related to acute recurrent pancreatitis, whereas 52 are related to portal hypertension, and 9 are on a familial basis. Association with colon cancer is reported in one case, and seems to be occasional.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Endoscopia Digestiva, Istituto Regina Elena per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Roma.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fracasso
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caviglia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lapenta
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stigliano
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Casole
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Casale
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Varici del colon secondarie a pancreatite acuta ricorrente.