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Transvenous Obliteration Procedure in the Management of Parastomal Variceal Ble...
Estorninho, João; Patrão, Pedro; Temido, Maria José; Perdigoto, David N.; Figueiredo, Pedro; Donato, PauloIntroduction: Parastomal variceal bleeding (PVB) is a recognized complication of ostomized patients in the presence of portal hypertension. However, since there are few reported cases, a therapeutic algorithm has not yet been established. Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man, who had undergone a definitive colostomy, recurrently presented to the emergency department hemorrhage of bright red blood from his colos...
Transvenous Obliteration Procedure in the Management of Parastomal Variceal Ble...
Estorninho, João; Patrão, Pedro; Temido, Maria José; Perdigoto, David; Figueiredo, Pedro; Donato, PauloIntroduction: Parastomal variceal bleeding (PVB) is a recognized complication of ostomized patients in the presence of portal hypertension. However, since there are few reported cases, a therapeutic algorithm has not yet been established. Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man, who had undergone a definitive colostomy, recurrently presented to the emergency department hemorrhage of bright red blood from his colos...
Lymphogranuloma Venereum-Associated Proctitis Mimicking a Malignant Rectal Neop...
Pimentel, Raquel; Correia, Catarina; Estorninho, João; Gravito-Soares, Elisa; Gravito-Soares, Marta; Figueiredo, PedroBackground: Chlamydia trachomatis-lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and an uncommon cause of proctitis. The diagnosis requires a high index of clinical suspicion, since the clinical, imaging, endoscopic, and histological findings can mimic multiple benign or malignant conditions like inflammatory bowel disease and rectal neoplasms. Case Presentation: We present the case of...