• Medicine
• Published in Gut 1982
• DOI:10.1136/gut.23.7.615

Oesophageal varices treated by sclerotherapy: a histopathological study.

@article{Evans1982OesophagealVT,
  title={Oesophageal varices treated by sclerotherapy: a histopathological study.},
  author={Douglas M. Evans and DavidB. Jones and B K Cleary and P M Smith},
  journal={Gut},
  year={1982},
  volume={23 7},
  pages={
          615-20
        }
}

• Douglas M. Evans, DavidB. Jones, +1 author P M Smith

Of 31 cases of haemorrhage from oesophageal varices treated by sclerotherapy eight came to necropsy. The oesophagus and proximal stomach were studied by means of a serial block technique and the histopathological findings in each case were recorded on two full-scale maps: one representing superficial tissues including the submucosa and the other the deeper tissues. The patterns of thrombosis, ulceration, necrosis, and fibrosis were studied in relation to the time interval since injection… CONTINUE READING

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