Alcoholic liver cirrhosis complicated by duodenal and small intestinal variceal rupture recurrent bleeding: a case report of unusual ectopic varices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Small intestine varicose vein is a common ectopic varicose vein of digestive tract. Duodenum is the most bleeding ectopic varicose vein. The possible clinical manifestations include black stool and blood in stool. Because of the special location of ectopic varicose veins, it is difficult to detect early in clinic. This patient has multi-site varicose veins, and the treatment process is tortuous, combined treatment of medicine and surgery.

Case description

This case report presents a 58-year-old male with alcoholic liver cirrhosis, with black stools as the main clinical manifestation. There is a history of abdominal surgeries such as splenectomy in the past. Through gastroscopy, enteroscopy, and other examinations, multiple ectopic varicose veins in the duodenum an

SUBMITTER: Su X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12593038 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature