TY - JOUR
T1 - Balloon occlusion retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric varices in two non-cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis
AU - Borghei, Peyman
AU - Kim, Seung Kwon
AU - Zuckerman, Darryl A.
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - This report describes two non-cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis who underwent successful balloon occlusion retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) of gastric varices with a satisfactory response and no complications. One patient was a 35-year-old female with a history of Crohn's disease, status post-total abdominal colectomy, and portal vein and mesenteric vein thrombosis. The other patient was a 51-year-old female with necrotizing pancreatitis, portal vein thrombosis, and gastric varices. The BRTO procedure was a useful treatment for gastric varices in non-cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis in the presence of a gastrorenal shunt.
AB - This report describes two non-cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis who underwent successful balloon occlusion retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) of gastric varices with a satisfactory response and no complications. One patient was a 35-year-old female with a history of Crohn's disease, status post-total abdominal colectomy, and portal vein and mesenteric vein thrombosis. The other patient was a 51-year-old female with necrotizing pancreatitis, portal vein thrombosis, and gastric varices. The BRTO procedure was a useful treatment for gastric varices in non-cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis in the presence of a gastrorenal shunt.
KW - Balloon occlusion retrograde transvenous obliteration
KW - Embolization
KW - Hemorrhage
KW - Portal hypertension
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U2 - 10.3348/kjr.2014.15.1.108
DO - 10.3348/kjr.2014.15.1.108
M3 - Article
C2 - 24497799
AN - SCOPUS:84893205856
SN - 1229-6929
VL - 15
SP - 108
EP - 113
JO - Korean Journal of Radiology
JF - Korean Journal of Radiology
IS - 1
ER -