title: Bleeding rectal varices: trouble upstream?
authors: Department of Gastroenterology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors: Christopher S
authors: CS
authors: Kleeman
authors: Timothy P
authors: TP
authors: Maroney
authors: David A
authors: DA
authors: Sass
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006456:Hemoglobinuria / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008642:Mesenteric Veins; D008875:Middle Aged; D012007:Rectum / Q000098:blood supply*; D013162:Splenic Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging