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Case Reports
. 2024 Jul 14;196(25):E879-E880.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.231739.

Bleeding parastomal varices

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Bleeding parastomal varices

Caitlin Cahill et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests:: None declared.

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Figure 1:
(A) Loop ileostomy of a 65-year-old woman with parastomal varices showing characteristic parastomal skin changes. (B) Catheter venography showing retrograde flow of mesenteric vein (top arrow) supplying parastomal varices (arrowhead), with systemic venous shunt return (bottom, dashed arrows).

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