Erschienen in:
09.06.2016 | Editorial
Portal hypertensive gastropathy after variceal eradication: more bleeding risk or just more reddening?
verfasst von:
Massimo Primignani, Giulia Tosetti
Erschienen in:
Hepatology International
|
Ausgabe 6/2016
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Excerpt
Portal hypertension may cause mucosal changes in the whole gastrointestinal tract, which may be the source of chronic or, more rarely, acute bleeding. Such changes often involve the stomach and, more rarely, the duodenum or the entire small bowel, and the colon. Major controversies on portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) regard its incidence, reported from 7 to 98 % [
1‐
6], the rates of PHG-related acute bleeds, reported from 2.7 to 44.6 % [
1,
3,
6,
7], and its evolution after endoscopic treatment of esophageal varices. The last of these topics is addressed in the study by Elwakil et al. [
8] recently published in
Hepatology International. …