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Endoscopic image showing bleeding duodenal varices
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Conservative management with fasting did not improve his progressive anemia and melena, nor did endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (Fig. 1).
Venographs of the right gonadal vein obtained with an inflated balloon catheter revealed no opacification of the duodenal varices
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No opacified duodenal varices were detected (Fig. 2).
Venographs of the right gonadal- and posterior inferior pancreaticoduodenal vein obtained with an inflated balloon catheter revealed well-opacified duodenal varices
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Venography revealed well-opacified duodenal varices (Fig. 3).
Endoscopic image obtained 1 week after DOBE reveals the cessation of active bleeding from duodenal varices and a change in the color tone
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On endoscopic images there was a change in the color tone (Fig. 4).