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Case Reports
. 2021 Dec;70(12):2282-2348.
doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-322298. Epub 2020 Aug 21.

Uphill or downhill bleeding?

Zillah Cargill  1 , Tamsin Cargill  2 , Brian Lei  3 , Noor Bekkali  2 , James East  2 , Jonathan Marshall  3
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Case Reports

Uphill or downhill bleeding?

Zillah Cargill et al. Gut. 2021 Dec.
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Keywords: oesophageal varices.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Endoscopic view of upper third of oesophagus.
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Figure 2
Axial CT image at the level of T3.
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Figure 3
Coronal CT image of the chest and upper abdominal viscera showing a large left-sided irregular goitre (arrow) with normal appearance of the liver and spleen.
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