title: Spontaneous esophageal mucosal dissection in a patient with upper digestive bleeding and esophageal varices.
abstract: We present a case of mucosal esophageal dissection in a 44-year-old patient with alcoholic cirrhosis admitted for upper digestive bleeding. The endoscopic aspect was of chronic mucosal dissection in the esophagus and 3rd degree esophageal varices with red signs. To our knowledge, it is the only case with spontaneous esophageal mucosal dissection and portal hypertension with esophageal varices.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology Department, Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Negreanu
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Tribus
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Purcarea
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fierbinteanu Braticevici
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004210:Dissection; D004724:Endoscopy; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000601:surgery*