portal hypertension
Peptic Ulcer And Liver Cirrhosis (3 of 5)
Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy. Portal hypertensive gastropathy is a potential cause of bleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis.
Peptic Ulcer And Liver Cirrhosis (2 of 5)
Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy. A "snake skin" like gastric mucosal pattern consistent with portal hypertensive gastropathy.
Peptic Ulcer And Liver Cirrhosis (1 of 5)
This 84 year-old male who was hospitalized due a urosepsis and melena one week before underwent a Transurethral prostatectomy, no previous medical history of liver cirrhosis was know. Peptic ulcer...
Esophageal Varices - Endoscopy (5 of 5)
Endoscopic Image of Portal hypertensive gastropathy Portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) is the most common gastric mucosal injury to patients with liver cirrhosis. The main histological change is...
Esophageal Varices - Endoscopy (4 of 5)
Bleeding from portal hypertensive gastropathy accounts for 2.3% of bleeding episodes in cirrhosis. Although serious bleeding from these sources is uncommon.
Esophageal Varices - Endoscopy (3 of 5)
The image and the video clip display a portal hypertensive gastropathy using a magnifying endoscope. Long-term treatment of portal gastropathy and gastric varices is with beta-blockers. They usually...
Esophageal Varices - Endoscopy (1 of 5)
This endoscopic sequence is taken with magnifying endoscope and aimed dedicated for portal hypertensive gastropathy.
Gastric Varices Rosettes Formation (19 of 22)
Gastric varices have been increasingly recognized as a major cause of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with portal hypertension. Compared with esophageal variceal bleeding, hemorrhage caused by...
Gastroesophagic Varices (4 of 7)
Ulcerated Gastric Varix. Primary gastric varices are said to be detected in 20% patients with portal hypertensions. The data suggests that gastric varices bleed less frequently (14%-16%) , but once...