Resumen

VAZQUEZ GONZALEZ, Pedro  y  OSORIO PAGOLA, Marcos. Endoscopic sclerotherapy of esophageal varices. A case report. MediSur [online]. 2010, vol.8, n.5, pp. 76-79. ISSN 1727-897X.

A case of a patient with liver cirrhosis that had been previously diagnosed in the Department of Gastroenterology of the General University Hospital "Dr. Aldereguía Gustavo Lima" of Cienfuegos is presented. This patient came to the hospital with upper gastrointestinal bleeding as a clinical presentation and an evolution characterized by esophageal varices-related rebleeding. A non-surgical treatment with endoscopic sclerosis has been used.

Palabras clave : Sclerotheraphy; esophageal and gastric varices.

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