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Small bowel varices: report of two cases

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Two cases of small bowel (S-B) varices associated with portal hypertension, one with liver cirrhosis and one with portal thrombus, are reported. Detection of S-B varices has been a challenging task and several invasive diagnostic techniques have been used for this purpose. However, in our cases, color Doppler sonography revealed the S-B varices supplied by the superior mesenteric vein and draining to the iliac (one case) or ovarian vein (other case), which helped to establish an early appropriate diagnostic and treatment plan.

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  1. First Department of Internal Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita, Japan

    H. Ishida, K. Konno, Y. Hamashima, T. Komatsuda, H. Naganuma & O. Masamune

  2. First Department of Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita, Japan

    Y. Asanuma

  3. Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical College, 6-7-1, Nishishinjuku, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, Japan

    J. Ishida

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Ishida, H., Konno, K., Hamashima, Y. et al. Small bowel varices: report of two cases. Abdom Imaging 23, 354–357 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002619900360

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