PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | portal hypertension |
| Phenotype | C0014867|esophageal varices |
| Sentences | 35 |
| PubMedID- 26537033 | Many of the eggs (about a half) excreted by s. mansoni enter the systemic circulation via the portal vein and lodge in the liver [4], where they give rise to vascular and inflammatory granulomatous changes that can lead to periportal fibrosis, portal hypertension with development of esophageal varices, and the risk of life-threatening hematemesis. |
| 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- 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- 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- 26011514 | Further exclusion criteria were chronic alcohol abuse; chronic liver disease or increase in transaminases more than 3 times above the normal upper range limit; presence of portal hypertension with esophageal varices; known hypersensitivity to ifx or fcm; history of acquired iron overload; myelodysplastic syndrome; pregnancy or lactation; known active infection; clinically significant overt bleeding; active malignancy or chronic renal failure; surgery with relevant blood loss (hb decrease>2g/dl) in the 3 months prior to the study; known human immunodeficiency virus; hepatitis b or hepatitis c virus infection; significant cardiovascular disease. |
| PubMedID- 24765373 | Three patients of portal hypertension with esophageal varices developed repeat episodes of hematemesis. |
| 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- 23781362 | These patients with chronic portal vein thrombosis must be examined periodically for disease progression, esophageal varices and complications of portal hypertension. |
| 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- 26081479 | portal hypertension with ascites and esophageal varices were identified. |
| 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- 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- 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- 20852922 | At the time of presentation, portal hypertension with hepato-splenomegaly and oesophageal varices, as well as grade ii hepatic encephalopathy were diagnosed. |
| PubMedID- 25481588 | portal hypertension which usually leads to bleeding from oesophageal varices in children remain a difficult medical problem. |
| 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- 26166111 | Contrast-enhanced ct showed portal hypertension with esophageal varices, dilated bilateral intrahepatic ducts with an intraductal nodule obstructing the hilar bile duct and cbd, but no tumor thrombus in the portal vein or systemic vein and no obvious mass in the hepatic parenchyma (figure 2a and b). |
| PubMedID- 23626507 | A variety of collateral vascular routes, represented by gastroesophageal varices, occur in patients with portal hypertension. |
| PubMedID- 22249089 | Patients included were for investigations and differential diagnosis of isolated hepatomegaly (28 patients), hepatosplenomegaly (22 patients), cholestasis (16 patients), glycogen storage disease (10 patients), and portal hypertension with esophageal varices (4 patients). |
| 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- 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- 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- 26158259 | Modified sugiura operation for idiopathic portal hypertension with bleeding oesophageal varices. |
| PubMedID- 23898274 | More rarely, oesophageal varices occur in patients with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension that results from thromboses of portal or splanchnic veins. |
| 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- 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- 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- 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. |
| PubMedID- 21410046 | Shunting and nonshunting procedures for the treatment of esophageal varices in patients with idiopathic portal hypertension. |
| PubMedID- 25881709 | With the progression of the disease development of portal hypertension leads to formation of esophageal varices and ascites. |
| PubMedID- 25883057 | Objectives: data regarding agreement on endoscopic features of oesophageal varices in children with portal hypertension (ph) are scant. |
| 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- 26120303 | Our second case also shows the safety of performing eus in patients with large esophageal varices due to portal hypertension. |
| PubMedID- 26120300 | In 2004 she underwent kidney transplantation for polycystic kidney disease and over the years she developed portal hypertension with esophageal varices in a context of caroli disease. |
| PubMedID- 23213271 | The left gastric vein is the major site of esophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension. |
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