Literature DB >> 1579183

"Downhill" oesophagus varices: a clue to a serious disease.

G M Bos1, A Saleh, H C Schouten, C T van Deursen.   

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Downhill oesophagus varices are rarely observed. In this report a patient is described with downhill oesophagus varices in the absence of the vena cava superior syndrome. The observation of these varices was the clue to the diagnosis of a serious disease: a malignant thymoma.

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Year:  1992        PMID: 1579183

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Neth J Med        ISSN: 0300-2977            Impact factor:   1.422


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1.  Therapeutic approach to "downhill" esophageal varices bleeding due to superior vena cava syndrome in Behcet's disease: a case report.

Authors:  Hamid Tavakkoli; Mehrnaz Asadi; Mahshid Haghighi; Abbas Esmaeili
Journal:  BMC Gastroenterol       Date:  2006-12-27       Impact factor: 3.067

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