Therapeutic approach to "downhill" esophageal varices bleeding due to superior vena cava syndrome in Behcet's disease: a case report |
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| Authors: | Hamid Tavakkoli Mehrnaz Asadi Mahshid Haghighi Abbas Esmaeili |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran;(2) Poursina Hakim Research Institute, Isfahan, Iran |
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Background One of the rare presentations of superior vena cava syndrome is bleeding of "downhill" esophageal varices (DEV) and different approaches have been used to control it. This is a case report whose DEV was eradicated by band ligation for the first time. |
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