External hemorrhage from a portacaval anastomosis in a patient with liver cirrhosis.
Variceal bleeding is the major complication of portal hypertension in patients with liver cirrhosis. Hemorrhage mainly occurs in gastrointestinal lumen. Extraluminal hemorrhages are quite rare, such as intraperitoneal hemorrhages. We aimed to present a variceal bleeding case from the anastomosis on the anterior abdominal wall, as an extraordinary bleeding location, in a patient with portal hypertension in whom there were no esophageal and gastric varices.
Department of Gastroenterology, Meram School of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram, 42090 Konya, Turkey.
Murat
M
Biyik
Department of Immunology and Allergic Diseases, Meram School of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, 42090 Konya, Turkey.
Ramazan
0000-0003-1314-4444
R
Ucar
Department of Gastroenterology, Meram School of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram, 42090 Konya, Turkey.
Sami
S
Cifci
Department of Radiology, Meram School of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, 42090 Konya, Turkey.
Orhan
O
Ozbek
Division of Gastroenterology, Konya Education and Research Hospital, 42090 Konya, Turkey.
Gokhan
G
Gungor
Department of Gastroenterology, Meram School of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram, 42090 Konya, Turkey.
Ozlem
O
Ozer Cakir
Department of Internal Medicine, Meram School of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, 42090 Konya, Turkey.
Fatma
F
Yavuz
Department of Gastroenterology, Meram School of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram, 42090 Konya, Turkey.
Huseyin
H
Ataseven
Department of Gastroenterology, Meram School of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram, 42090 Konya, Turkey.
Ali
A
Demir