[Diagnostic image (190). A man with melaena. Enteral varices due to portal hypertension].
A 58-year-old man was seen because of anaemia and melaena, due to bleeding from colonic varices resulting from thrombosis of the V. portae hepatis and the V. lienalis.
Wanten
G J
GJ
Universitair Medisch Centrum St Radboud, afd. Maag-, Darm- en Leverziekten, Geert Grooteplein-Zuid 8, 6525 GA Nijmegen. g.wanten@mdl.umcn.nl
Nagengast
F M
FM
D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008551:Melena / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents