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Disease portal hypertension
Phenotype C0014867|oesophageal varices
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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- 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- 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- 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- 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- 23626507 A variety of collateral vascular routes, represented by gastroesophageal varices, occur in patients with portal hypertension.
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- 25883057 Objectives: data regarding agreement on endoscopic features of oesophageal varices in children with portal hypertension (ph) are scant.
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- 22676771 One patient (#7) had severe portal hypertension with oesophageal varices (but no digestive bleeding) at 5 months of age.
PubMedID- 25481588 portal hypertension which usually leads to bleeding from oesophageal varices in children remain a difficult medical problem.

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