Spontaneous Ectopic Paraumbilical Variceal Bleeding in a Patient With Cirrhosis

Ectopic variceal hemorrhage is a rare sequela of portal hypertension, accounting for 5% of variceal bleeding events. Although mortality rates are high for this condition, there is no established management protocol. We present a patient case of spontaneous external hemorrhage from an ectopic paraumb...

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Main Authors: Dolly Patel, Rucha Borkhetaria, Victoria Motz, Shandiz Shahbazi, Thomas R. Riley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American College of Physicians 2022-05-01
Series:Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Online Access:https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2021.0115
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