Successful Treatment of Small Intestinal Bleeding in a Crohn’s Patient with Noncirrhotic Portal Hypertension by Transjugular Portosystemic Shunt Placement and Infliximab Treatment

Successful Treatment of Small Intestinal Bleeding in a Crohn’s Patient with Noncirrhotic Portal Hypertension by Transjugular Portosystemic Shunt Placement and Infliximab Treatment

Small intestinal bleeding in Crohn’s disease patients with noncirrhotic portal hypertension and partial portal and superior mesenteric vein thrombosis is a life-threatening event. Here, a case is reported in which treatment with azathioprine may have resulted in nodular regenerative hyperplasia, por...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Heimgartner, Heather Dawson, Andrea De Gottardi, Reiner Wiest, Jan Hendrik Niess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2016-10-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Small intestinal bleeding
Crohn’s disease
Portal hypertension
Nodular regenerative hyperplasia
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
Infliximab
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/450541

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