Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy and Colopathy

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 Colopathy

Portal hypertensive gastropathy a clinically significant puzzle

In this review the updated information concerning the influence of portal hypertension on gastric mucosa is presented. The term portal hypertensive gastropathy [PHG] defines a wide spectrum of endoscopic lesions that appear in the gastric mucosa of cirrhotic patients and which should be differentiated from gastric antral vascular ectasia. These endoscopic findings correspond to dilated mucosal ...

Portacaval Shunt for Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy

(1995) Treatment of bleeding from portal hypertensive gastropathy by portacaval shunt. Portal hypertensive gastropathy is a vascular disorder of the gastric mucosa distinguished by ectasia of the mucosal capillaries and submucosal veins without inflammation. During 1988 to 1993, 12 patients with biopsyproven cirrhosis (10 alcoholic, 2 posthepatitic) were evaluated and treated prospectively by p...

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...