eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | portal hypertension |
| Comorbidity | C0014867|esophageal varices |
| Sentences | 25 |
| PubMedID- 21912056 | Conclusions: in this study we have validated the use of the platelet count/spleen diameter ratio for the noninvasive diagnosis of esophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension caused by schistosoma infection. |
| PubMedID- 24765373 | Three patients of portal hypertension with esophageal varices developed repeat episodes of hematemesis. |
| PubMedID- 22676771 | Three patients required discontinuous enteral feeding by nasogastric tube (#7, persistence of severe portal hypertension with oesophageal varices contra-indicated the gastrostomy) or by gastrostomy tube (#’s 3 and 8) after 10 to 12 months of miglustat therapy, and one patient (#4) developed epilepsy at the age of 32 months. |
| PubMedID- 20927629 | Methods: case 1 was an 11-year-old boy diagnosed with rupture of the esophageal varices and hypersplenism due to congenital extrahepatic portal hypertension. |
| PubMedID- 20852922 | At the time of presentation, portal hypertension with hepato-splenomegaly and oesophageal varices, as well as grade ii hepatic encephalopathy were diagnosed. |
| PubMedID- 24581591 | Schistosomiasis, a worldwide spread endemic parasitic disease, may evolve to severe forms of the disease with huge spleen and gastroesophageal varices due to presinusoidal portal hypertension. |
| PubMedID- 26122248 | Adult studies clearly support the use of pharmacologic (beta blockers) and endoscopic (endoscopic band ligation, ebl) management for both primary and secondary prophylaxis of esophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension. |
| PubMedID- 24584572 | 15–30 % in childhood/early adolescence, often severe complications (e. g., esophageal varices) due to portal hypertension; if possible transplantation (often combined kidney–liver tx)in early manifesting cases, often better than in arpkd. |
| PubMedID- 21771955 | Conclusion: mr imaging azygos flow measurement appears to be a promising technique for detecting high-risk esophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension. |
| PubMedID- 25883057 | Objectives: data regarding agreement on endoscopic features of oesophageal varices in children with portal hypertension (ph) are scant. |
| PubMedID- 23846362 | Background: our research was conducted to introduce a new, compound surgical method for laparoscopic splenectomy (ls) with preoperative endoscopic variceal ligation (evl) and compare the new method's efficiency with that of hassab's operation in patients with severe esophageal varices due to portal hypertension. |
| PubMedID- 26158259 | Modified sugiura operation for idiopathic portal hypertension with bleeding oesophageal varices. |
| PubMedID- 22888334 | Oesophageal varices (ov) due to portal hypertension are a major concern in cirrhotic patients because of the risk of bleeding and related high mortality [1]. |
| PubMedID- 24633079 | Liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension complicated by ruptured gastroesophageal varices may lead to hemorrhagic shock, resulting in events as (i) reduction of blood pressure; (ii) endogenous vasoconstrictors release in an attempt to maintain blood pressure; (iii) vascular hyporeactivity to vasoconstrictors. |
| PubMedID- 20931432 | The purpose of this study was to investigate any correlation between the diameters of esophageal mural veins as observed on routine contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography and the endoscopic grades of esophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension. |
| PubMedID- 22168083 | Research objective: studying the features of the collateral venous blood flow and the basic ways of the formation of gastroesophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. |
| PubMedID- 24078893 | Gastric varices are less common than esophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension, occurring in up to 33% of patients [1–3]. |
| PubMedID- 21410046 | Shunting and nonshunting procedures for the treatment of esophageal varices in patients with idiopathic portal hypertension. |
| PubMedID- 22764308 | In this report, we present a case of isolated liver tuberculosis (tb) as a cause of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension leading to bleeding esophageal varices. |
| PubMedID- 26081479 | portal hypertension with ascites and esophageal varices were identified. |
| PubMedID- 25881709 | With the progression of the disease development of portal hypertension leads to formation of esophageal varices and ascites. |
| PubMedID- 26333179 | Results: twenty two patients (55%) showed positive signs of portal hypertension; 18 with esophageal varices (f0; 1, f1; 8, f2; 9), 2 with gastric varices (f1; 1, f2; 1) and 7 with mild ascites. |
| PubMedID- 25958482 | Gastroesophageal varices develop in 50% of cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension, but can also develop in other pre- or post-hepatic causes of portal hypertension. |
| PubMedID- 23898274 | More rarely, oesophageal varices occur in patients with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension that results from thromboses of portal or splanchnic veins. |
| PubMedID- 22626689 | The timepoint of tee probe insertion varies and is based on the fear of bleeding complications in the setting of portal hypertension with esophageal varices. |
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