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[Portal pseudo-hypertension].

Artur S Machado1, José M Caldeiro, Luisa Fonseca

  • 1Serviço de Medicina 2, Hospital de São João, Porto.

Acta Medica Portuguesa
|September 22, 2006
PubMed
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A patient

Area of Science:

  • Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Endocrinology and Thyroidology

Background:

  • A 51-year-old male with a history of peptic ulcer, hypertension, and dyslipidemia presented with duodenal ulcer and esophageal varices.
  • Initial investigations excluded hepatic disease and portal hypertension as causes for the esophageal varices.

Observation:

  • The patient had a goiter that extended into the anterior mediastinum.
  • Esophageal varices were diagnosed via upper endoscopy.

Findings:

  • Following surgical thyroidectomy for the mediastinal goiter, the patient's esophageal varices resolved.
  • This suggests a potential non-hepatic, non-portal hypertension cause for esophageal varices in this specific case.

Implications:

  • Mediastinal goiter may present with extraluminal compression, potentially mimicking or contributing to esophageal varices.

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  • This case highlights the importance of considering extrinsic compression from thyroid masses in the differential diagnosis of esophageal varices.
  • Surgical management of large goiters may resolve associated esophageal varices, offering a novel therapeutic approach.