Balloon Occlusion Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration of Gastric Varices in Two Non-Cirrhotic Patients with Portal Vein Thrombosis.
10.3348/kjr.2014.15.1.108
- Author:
Peyman BORGHEI
1
;
Seung Kwon KIM
;
Darryl A ZUCKERMAN
Author Information
1. Interventional Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. kims@mir.wustl.edu
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Balloon occlusion retrograde transvenous obliteration;
Portal hypertension;
Hemorrhage;
Embolization
- MeSH:
Adult;
Balloon Occlusion/*methods;
Crohn Disease/surgery;
Esophageal and Gastric Varices/*therapy;
Female;
Humans;
*Mesenteric Veins;
Middle Aged;
Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing/complications;
*Portal Vein;
Venous Thrombosis/*complications
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2014;15(1):108-113
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
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.
