Percutaneous transhepatic sclerotherapy with embolization of the drainage vein for a gastric varix.

Abstract

We experienced a case with a gastric varix that did not have a catheterizable main drainage vein and had multiple afferent veins. For this case we successfully performed percutaneous transhepatic sclerotherapy using the following procedure. After the drainage vein was embolized by metallic coils and n-butyl cyanoacrylate from a microcatheter that was advanced through the gastric varix, 5% ethanolamine oleate-iopamidol was infused into the gastric varix from one main afferent vein under balloon occlusion.

• Authors: Rika Yoshimatsu, Takuji Yamagami, Hiroshi Miura, Kotaro Okuda
• Journal: Acta radiologica short reports (Acta Radiol Short Rep) Vol. 3 Issue 7 Pg. 2047981614530285 (Aug 2014) ISSN: 2047-9816 [Print] England
• PMID: 25298873 (Publication Type: Case Reports)