title: [Bleeding oesophageal varices in a seven-year-old boy supposedly as a late complication to neonatal umbilical venous catheter].
abstract: A seven-year-old boy was admitted with haematemesis. The boy was originally born at 27 weeks' gestational age. His neonatal period had been complicated by sepsis, for which he was treated with antibiotics through an umbilical venous catheter (UVC). A gastroscopy showed grade III oesophageal varices with bleeding. He was examined thoroughly for other causes of portal hypertension, but none were found. Portal hypertension caused by UVC in the neonatal period is a rare but very serious complication to neonatal UVC.
authors.affiliation: rasmus@rogvi.dk.
authors.forename: Rasmus Á
authors.initials: RÁ
authors.lastname: Rogvi
authors.forename: Fie Gregersen
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Møller
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bergström
authors.forename: Inge Bøtker
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Ifaoui
authors.forename: Marianna Hørby
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
mesh_terms: D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014471:Umbilical Veins