Background and Aim: Portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) is an important cause of bleeding in patients with cirrhosis associated with portal hypertension. Histologically, the condition is ...

Portal hypertension is a life-threatening complication of cirrhosis and results in the development of esophagogastric varices and/or portal hypertensive gastropathy and subsequent bleeding.

The inner lining of the stomach can become irritated (called gastropathy) or inflamed (called gastritis). Stomach irritation ...

A repeat esophagogastroduodenoscopy (that revealed mild portal gastropathy) and a radioactively labeled red blood cell scan (to identify intraluminal aggregations of labeled blood cells that would ...