FAVORABLE PROGNOSIS FOLLOWING VARICEAL HEMORRHAGE COMPLICATING HEPATIC SARCOIDOSIS

Authors
MULLINS PD YOUNGS GR
Citation
Pd. Mullins et Gr. Youngs, FAVORABLE PROGNOSIS FOLLOWING VARICEAL HEMORRHAGE COMPLICATING HEPATIC SARCOIDOSIS, European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 7(2), 1995, pp. 185-186
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0954691X
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
185 - 186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-691X(1995)7:2<185:FPFVHC>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Objective: To report the case of a patient with bleeding oesophageal v arices due to portal hypertension complicating hepatic sarcoidosis. Pa tient: A 43-year-old man. Methods: Six subsequent bleeds over 12 years were treated with sclerotherapy. Results: Following sclerotherapy the patient has remained asymptomatic. Conclusion: Portal hypertension du e to sarcoid liver disease can have a favourable prognosis and early r eferral for port-systemic shunting may be inadvisable.