Solitary Variceal Rupture in the Small Intestine.
A 70-year-old man was referred to our hospital to undergo treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma. In hospital, he complained of hematochezia and a laboratory analysis revealed a decreased level of hemoglobin. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a tumor in the small intestine, with slow enhancement of the dorsal region. Double-balloon enteroscopy revealed a submucosal tumor with a depression in the jejunum. Partial enterectomy was performed and a pathological examination demonstrated the presence of a solitary varix. Solitary varix in the small intestine has not been reported previously. We herein report an extremely rare case of solitary varix in the jejunum.
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Japan.
Yukinobu
Y
Watanabe
Masahiro
M
Ogawa
Kaori
K
Hayashi
Mariko
M
Kumagawa
Kentaro
K
Takayasu
Midori
M
Hirayama
Takao
T
Miura
Katsuhiko
K
Shiozawa
Naoki
N
Matsumoto
Hiroshi
H
Nakagawara
Toshiki
T
Yamamoto
Mitsuhiko
M
Moriyama
Akihiro
A
Hemmi
D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications; D058582:Double-Balloon Enteroscopy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000098:blood supply*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications*