Recurrent esophagogastric variceal bleeding due to portal vein thrombosis caused by protein S deficiency.

Esophagogastric variceal bleeding (EGVB) is common in patients with portal vein thrombosis (PVT). Hereditary deficiencies in natural anticoagulant proteins, such as protein S, might contribute to PVT. However, recurrent EGVB caused by PVT in patients with protein S deficiency is seldom reported.

Procedure-related complications in gastric variceal obturation with tissue glue.

Aim: To focus on procedure-related complications, evaluate their incidence, analyze the reasons and discuss the solutions.

Methods: Overall, 628 endoscopic gastric variceal obturation (EGVO) procedures (case-times) with NBC were performed in 519 patients in the Department of Endoscopy of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University from January 2011 to December 2016. The clinical data of patients and procedure-related complications of EGVO were retrospectively analyzed.

Diagnosis of eosinophilic gastroenteritis is easily missed.

Aim: To analyze the clinical characteristics of eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) and to investigate the situations of missed diagnosis of EGE.

Methods: First, the clinical characteristics of 20 EGE patients who were treated at our hospital were retrospectively summarized. Second, 159 patients who underwent gastroscopy and 211 patients who underwent colonoscopy were enrolled.