Tropical splenomegaly syndrome: who gets oesophageal varices?

dc.contributor.author	el-Shazly, MA
dc.contributor.author	Okello, DO
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-13T14:47:58Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-13T14:47:58Z
dc.date.issued	1994
dc.identifier.citation	East African Medical Journal [1994, 71(12):768-770]	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/7705243
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/33313
dc.description.abstract	Of sixty eight patients with tropical splenomegaly syndrome (TSS), 12 had asymptomatic oesophageal varices (OV). All 12 had massive splenomegaly (Hackett's stage 4 or 5). Eight of the 12 were multiparous females, mainly of Rwandese origin. Endoscopic appearance of the varices suggested that TSS varices were not likely to bleed. None of the patients with the varices had abdominal collaterals belonging to the portal system	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Univesity of Nairobi	en
dc.title	Tropical splenomegaly syndrome: who gets oesophageal varices?	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Department of Vetinary Anatomy	en