Gastrointesrinal bleeding against the background of non-cirrhotic portal hypertention in a patients with myelofibrosis (case report)

Abstract

Portal hypertension in the absence of cirrhotic transformation of the liver parenchyma is considered a rare pathology with a difficult diagnostics. Non-cirrhotic portal hypertension includes a heterogeneous group of conditions based on porto-sinusoidal vascular disease of the liver and chronic portal vein thrombosis. For a long time, the course of the disease can remain asymptomatic and is usually manifested by the development of one of the complications of portal hypertension. One of the most dangerous and often fatal complications is bleeding from varicose veins of the esophagus and stomach. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate, using the example of a clinical case, the peculiarities of diagnosis and methods of successful treatment of bleeding from esophageal phlebectasia in case of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension caused by splenic vein thrombosis.