Association of Oesophageal Varices and Splanchnic Vein Thromboses in Patients with JAK2-Positive Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Presentation of Two Cases and Data from a Retrospective Analysis

Association of Oesophageal Varices and Splanchnic Vein Thromboses in Patients with JAK2-Positive Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Presentation of Two Cases and Data from a Retrospective Analysis

Background: Oesophageal varices and gastrointestinal bleeding are common complications of liver cirrhosis. More rarely, oesophageal varices occur in patients with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension that results from thromboses of portal or splanchnic veins. Case Report: We describe 2 young men who in...

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Main Authors: Cornelia S. Link, Uwe Platzbecker, Frank Kroschinsky, Sven Pannach, Christian Thiede, Ivan Platzek, Gerhard Ehninger, Markus K. Schuler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-06-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
Subjects:
Variceal bleeding
Splanchnic vein thrombosis
Portal veinthrombosis
Oesophageal varices
JAK2
Myeloproliferative neoplasms
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