title: [Digestive hemorrhage due to an unusual cause: duodenal varices].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: II Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Civile S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cristin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Siliotto
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brosolo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Snidero
mesh_terms: 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*
vernacular_title: Emorragia digestiva da causa rara: le varici duodenali.