Escleroterapia endoscópica de várices esofágicas: presentación de un caso / Endoscopic sclerotherapy of esophageal varices: a case report
Medisur
; 8(5)2010. ilus
Article
in Spanish
| CUMED
| ID: cum-48433
Responsible library:
CU403.1
RESUMEN
Se presenta el caso de una paciente con cirrosis hepática, diagnosticada con anterioridad en el Serviciode Gastroenterología del Hospital General Universitario Dr Gustavo Aldereguía Lima de Cienfuegos. Esta paciente acudió a consulta con un sangrado digestivo alto como forma de presentación y con una evolución marcada por resangrados originados por várices esofágicas, en la que se utilizó tratamiento no quirúrgico, con esclerosis endoscópica(AU)
ABSTRACT
A case of a patient with liver cirrhosis that had been previously diagnosed in the Department of Gastroenterology of the General University Hospital Dr Aldereguía Gustavo Lima of Cienfuegos is presented. This patient came to the hospital with upper gastrointestinal bleeding as a clinical presentation and an evolution characterized by esophageal varices-related rebleeding. A non-surgical treatment with endoscopic sclerosis has been used(AU)
Full text:
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Collection:
National databases
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Cuba
Database:
CUMED
Main subject:
Esophageal and Gastric Varices
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Sclerotherapy
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
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Liver Cirrhosis
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medisur
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario Dr Gustavo Aldereguí Lima/Cuba
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Hospital Dr Celestino Hernández Robao/Cuba