endoscopic study on portal hypertensive colopathy in cirrhotic patients

Portal Hypertensive Colopathy

Portal hypertensive colopathy: endoscopic findings and the relation to portal pressure.

Portal hypertensive colopathy (PHC) is a new clinical entity in patients with liver cirrhosis. In this study, colonoscopic findings and clinical features including upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and hepatic hemodynamics were prospectively investigated among 35 PH patients with a hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) of greater than 12 mmHg due to chronic liver diseases. Colonoscopy was also...

Hypertensive portal colopathy in schistosomiasis mansoni--proposal for a classification.

Portal hypertension is a frequent complication of chronic liver disease, detected not only in schistosomiasis, but also in cirrhosis of any etiology. Vascular alterations in the colonic mucosa are a potential source for acute or chronic bleeding and have been observed in patients with portal hypertension. The purpose of this prospective study was to describe and propose a classification for the...

Portal hypertension: the management of esophageal/gastric varices, portal hypertensive gastropathy or hypertensive colopathy

10.2217/14750708.4.1.91 © 20 Portal hypertension is one of the main consequences of cirrhosis. Esophageal varices are most often a consequence of portal hypertension, although they can also be formed in other areas of the body, including the stomach, duodenum, colon and/or rectum. Patients with esophageal varices have a strong tendency to develop bleeding. Conversely, varices do not bleed if th...

[Portal hypertensive gastric mucosa: an endoscopic study].

The endoscopic features of the gastric mucosa in patients with cirrhosis have not been systematically investigated. In these patients, we observed an endoscopic aspect, consisting of multiple small erythematous areas, outlined by a subtle yellowish network (resembling a mosaic), mainly located in the proximal part of the stomach. We tested the value of this sign by comparing two groups: 100 pat...