title: The Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy: A Case and Review of Literature.
abstract: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a cause of high risk for morbidity and mortality. It has been debated in alcoholic cirrhosis, if alcohol exerts an exclusive and causal role upon gastropathy or whether it is linked to cirrhotic portal hypertension. The authors describe an autopsy report regarding mortality caused by gastric bleeding in a 53-year-old patient who suffered from cirrhosis. Literature has evidence of direct, marked damage of alcohol upon the gastric mucosa and there is noteworthy statistical data implying the revaluation of the pathogenesis of the bleeding.
authors: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics - "Sapienza" University of Rome , Italy .
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Massoni
authors: Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics - "Sapienza" University of Rome , Italy .
authors: Lidia
authors: L
authors: Ricci
authors: Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics - "Sapienza" University of Rome , Italy .
authors: Marcello
authors: M
authors: Pelosi
authors: Professor, Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics - "Sapienza" University of Rome , Italy .
authors: Serafino
authors: S
authors: Ricci
keywords: Alcoholic cirrhosis; Cirrhotic portal hypertension; Gastrointestinal haemorrhage