[Digestive hemorrhage due to an unusual cause: duodenal varices].
The paper reports a case of digestive hemorrhage due to duodenal varices in a cirrhotic patient. The authors emphasise the extreme rarity and severity of this pathology and, in accordance with the literature, underline the difficulty of selecting the correct approach.
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II Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Civile S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine.
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D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications*
Emorragia digestiva da causa rara: le varici duodenali.