Fatal variceal haemorrhage after paracetamol overdose.

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  • J R Thornton
  • M S Losowsky
چکیده

A patient is described where oesophageal varices developed and bled 13 days after a paracetamol overdose. The bleeding was unresponsive to medical management and proved fatal. There was no evidence that the patient had pre-existing liver disease. At necropsy the liver showed severe acute parenchymal necrosis but chronic lesions were absent. The portal vein and hepatic veins were patent.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Gut

دوره 30 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1989