Journal of Liver

Mutsuumi Kimura

Publications

• Research Article
  Evaluation of Duodenal Angioectasia with Portal Hypertension
  Author(s): Takahiro Sato, Sho Kitagawa and Mutsuumi KimuraTakahiro Sato, Sho Kitagawa and Mutsuumi Kimura
  
  Background: A few studies have investigated duodenal lesions in patients with portal hypertension. Aim is to investigate duodenal angioectasia in patients with portal hypertension. Methods: Sixty patients with duodenal angioectasia and portal hypertension were investigated between April 2009 and March 2012. The subjects were 29 males and 31 females ranging in age from 50 to 84 years (mean: 67.5). Endoscopic findings of duodenal angioectasia were investigated. We evaluated the therapeutic strategy for cases of bleeding duodenal angioectasia. Result: The underlying pathologies of portal hypertension were liver cirrhosis in 56 patients, idiopathic portal hypertension in three patients and extrahepatic portal vein obstruction in one patient. Forty-one of the 60 patients had previously received endoscopic injection scle.. View More»
  

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