Percutaneous transsplenic embolization of esophageal varices in a 5-year-old child.
A five-year-old girl with portal vein thrombosis and severe gastrointestinal hemorrhage recurring after repeated endoscopic sclerotherapy was successfully embolized via an ultrasonically guided transsplenic catheterization of the splenic vein.
D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D006504:Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D013162:Splenic Vein