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Bleeding esophageal varices caused by Graves' hypervascular cervical goiter

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A 65-year-old woman presented with an episode of hematemesis and a recurrent cervical goiter due to Graves' disease. The angiogram revealed bleeding esophageal varices which had developed through a drainage vein of the vascular goiter. Total thyroidectomy resulted in eradication of the esophageal varices.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Central Hospital, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahata Nishi-ku, 807, Tokyo, Japan

    Ken Takahashi MD, Kozo Ishitobi & Takashi Mimura

  2. Department of Radiology, Saiseikai Central Hospital, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahata Nishi-ku, 807, Tokyo, Japan

    Kenichi Kodera & Satoshi Kaneda

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Central Hospital, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahata Nishi-ku, 807, Tokyo, Japan

    Masanobu Yazawa

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Takahashi, K., Ishitobi, K., Kodera, K. et al. Bleeding esophageal varices caused by Graves' hypervascular cervical goiter. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 16, 363–366 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02470560

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