Small bowel varices: report of two cases.
Two cases of small bowel (S-B) varices associated with portal hypertension, one with liver cirrhosis and one with portal thrombus, are reported. Detection of S-B varices has been a challenging task and several invasive diagnostic techniques have been used for this purpose. However, in our cases, color Doppler sonography revealed the S-B varices supplied by the superior mesenteric vein and draining to the iliac (one case) or ovarian vein (other case), which helped to establish an early appropriate diagnostic and treatment plan.
Ishida
H
H
First Department of Internal Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
Konno
K
K
Hamashima
Y
Y
Komatsuda
T
T
Naganuma
H
H
Asanuma
Y
Y
Ishida
J
J
Masamune
O
O
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000098:blood supply*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011172:Portography; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery