Abstract
A 64-year-old male was admitted to 6ur hospital in April 1996 with the history of alcoholic liver cirrhosis and tarry stool. The endoscopic examination revealed duodenal varices at the second portion of the duodenum, showing erosion at the top of the varices. Because of the poor liver function, we tried endoscopic variceal ligation, resulting-in complete eradication of duodenal varices without any complication. Endoscopic variceal ligatian might be a safe and effective therapy for the treatment of duedenal varices.
