Development of the Cruveilhier-Baumgarten Syndrome after Endoscopic Obliteration of Oesophageal Varices

Abstract

A patient with post-necrotic liver cirrhosis, presenting with recurrent haematemesis and melena due to oesophageal varices, received repeated endoscopic injection sclerotherapy. The Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome developed 11 months after variceal obliteration. Neither rebleeding nor recurrence of varices was observed during a follow up period of 12 months after obliteration of varices.

Keywords

Veins,umbilical portal vein,flow dynamics

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