Long Standing Alcohol Abuse - 68 Years-Old Man

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Case description

This 68 year old man, has a history of long standing alcohol abuse, had two episodes of gastrointestinal bleeding. Multiple red spot are seen. One of the most ominous complications of portal hypertension is hemorrhage from esophageal or gastric varices. Patients who bleed from varices have a poor long -term prognosis, irrespective of treatment and few survive more than 5 years.

tags: alcoholism bleeding endoscopy varices

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