TY - JOUR
T1 - Gaucher's Disease Complicated by Bleeding Esophageal Varices and Colonic Infiltration by Gaucher Cells
AU - Henderson, Joseph M.
AU - Gilinsky, Norman H.
AU - Lee, Eun Y.
AU - Greenwood, Martha F.
PY - 1991/3
Y1 - 1991/3
N2 - We report a 10‐yr‐old child with Gaucher's disease who developed upper gastrointestinal bleeding from esophageal varices, as well as hemorrhage from a colonic polyp infiltrated with Gaucher cells. Both the varices and polyp were treated endoscopically, and the outcome was successful. Although gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to portal hypertension is considered a rare complication of Gaucher's disease, colonic infiltration with Gaucher cells has not been recognized previously.
AB - We report a 10‐yr‐old child with Gaucher's disease who developed upper gastrointestinal bleeding from esophageal varices, as well as hemorrhage from a colonic polyp infiltrated with Gaucher cells. Both the varices and polyp were treated endoscopically, and the outcome was successful. Although gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to portal hypertension is considered a rare complication of Gaucher's disease, colonic infiltration with Gaucher cells has not been recognized previously.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1991.tb05361.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1991.tb05361.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 1998316
AN - SCOPUS:0025855375
SN - 0002-9270
VL - 86
SP - 346
EP - 348
JO - American Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - American Journal of Gastroenterology
IS - 3
ER -