title: Osler-Weber-Rendu disease with esophageal varices and hepatic nodular change.
abstract: A 72-year-old male visited our hospital for further evaluation of esophageal varices. Telangiectasias were present in the stomach. He had recurrent epistaxis, which was also confirmed in his family's medical history. We diagnosed this case as Osler-Weber-Rendu disease. He had concomitant with hepatic nodular change. Abdominal angiography showed arterio-portal (A-P) shunts, superior mesenteric artery (SMA)-superior mesenteric vein (SMV) shunt, extension of SMV, and dilated and meandering portal vein. Esophageal varices were treated by endoscopic variceral ligation (EVL) and argon plasma coagulation (APC) therapy for prophylaxis of bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Akita University School of Medicine. takashi@doc.med.akita-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dohmen
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoneyama
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Monma
authors.forename: Shigetoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohshima
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: Ei
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Segawa
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Anezaki
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Ikuhiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Sumio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy