A Case of Superior Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis after Endoscopic Sclerotherapy.
10.12701/yujm.2001.18.2.297
- Author:
Won Duck KIM
1
;
Kwang Hae CHOI
;
Jeong Ok HAH
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Sclerotherapy;
Mesenteric venous thrombosis
- MeSH:
Esophageal and Gastric Varices;
Sclerotherapy*;
Vasopressins;
Venous Thrombosis*
- From:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
2001;18(2):297-301
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The efficacy of injection sclerotherapy for treatment of acute esophageal variceal bleeding is well established. But several complications of endoscopic sclerotherapy have been reported. One of the complications is mesenteric venous thrombosis which develops when vasopressin is user for the sclerotherapy. We report a case of superior mesenteric venous thrombosis with developed after endoscopic sclerotherapy for control of esophageal variceal bleeding.
