[Portal pseudo-hypertension].
Authors present a case report of a 51 years old man, with a past history of peptic ulcer, arterial hypertension and dislipidemia. Three weeks before hospitalization he did a upper endoscopy that revealed a duodenal ulcer and oesophageal varices (grade II/III). During etiologic investigation, hepatic disease and portal hypertension were excluded. He had a goiter that invaded the anterior mediastinum. After thyroidectomy the oesophageal varices disappeared.
Machado
Artur S
AS
Serviço de Medicina 2, Hospital de São João, Porto.
Caldeiro
José M
JM
Fonseca
Luisa
L
Azevedo
Fernando
F
Lobo
Luís A
LA
Gomes
Taveira
T
Almeida
Jorge
J
Silva
António O
AO
de Freitas
Falcão
F
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006042:Goiter / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged