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DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1021537
Morphological Alterations of the Esophagus after Endoscopic Sclerotherapy of Varices
Publication History
Publication Date:
17 March 2008 (online)
Summary
With the combined peri- and intravascular sclerosing technique esophageal varices can be completely eliminated in an average of three treatment sessions. In order to check the success of the procedure, endoscopic and histological findings at the various stages of treatment after sclerosing with 1 % Polidocanol were compared. Clinical and autopsy findings are in agreement. After sclerosing, necroses of the mucosa and intramural inflammations occur regularly in the first week. The varices are thrombosed. Later, the inner wall of the esophagus is cicatricially changed. Histologically the fibroses extend transmurally and in some parts even reach the musculature.
Key words:
Esophageal varices - Sclerotherapy - Morphological changes