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2599293

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-1-30
pubmed:abstractText
Three cirrhotic patients with acute and chronic gastrointestinal blood loss are described. All had extensive gastric mucosal changes on endoscopy consistent with congestive gastropathy and also had extensive duodenal and jejunal changes consisting of multiple friable punctate areas of erythema. Two patients had esophageal varices from which bleeding could not be documented. The mucosal abnormalities seen in the small intestine of all three patients were similar to those within the stomach and are thought to represent an extension of congestive gastropathy and to be contributing to the blood loss. We propose that the term "congestive gastropathy" be replaced by a more comprehensive term, "congestive gastroenteropathy." The cause of these mucosal abnormalities remains unclear. Attempts at endoscopic therapy of these extensive abnormalities should be avoided until a greater understanding of the underlying pathophysiology is reached.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0016-5107
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
504-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Congestive gastroenteropathy--an extension of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding in portal hypertension.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports