Upper GI Bleeding Secondary to Radiation Gastritis in a Patient with Preexisting Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy
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DOI: 10.1159/000516569
Abstract: We commonly see patients presenting with either portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) or radiation gastritis. Radiation-induced hemorrhagic gastritis is an unusual lethal complication postradiation. Patients with preexisting PHG have very friable mucosa that can easily bleed… read more here.
Keywords: radiation gastritis; portal hypertensive; hypertensive gastropathy; gastritis ... See more keywords