Solitary variceal rupture in the small intestine

  • Yukinobu Watanabe
  • , Masahiro Ogawa
  • , Kaori Hayashi
  • , Mariko Kumagawa
  • , Kentaro Takayasu
  • , Midori Hirayama
  • , Takao Miura
  • , Katsuhiko Shiozawa
  • , Naoki Matsumoto
  • , Hiroshi Nakagawara
  • , Toshiki Yamamoto
  • , Mitsuhiko Moriyama
  • , Akihiro Hemmi

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Abstract

A 70-year-old man was referred to our hospital to undergo treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma. In hospital, he complained of hematochezia and a laboratory analysis revealed a decreased level of hemoglobin. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a tumor in the small intestine, with slow enhancement of the dorsal region. Double-balloon enteroscopy revealed a submucosal tumor with a depression in the jejunum. Partial enterectomy was performed and a pathological examination demonstrated the presence of a solitary varix. Solitary varix in the small intestine has not been reported previously. We herein report an extremely rare case of solitary varix in the jejunum.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)651-655
Number of pages5
JournalInternal Medicine
Volume56
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Rupture
  • Small intestine
  • Solitary varix

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