Portal hypertension secondary to spontaneous arterio-portal venous fistulas: transcatheter arterial embolization with n-butyl cyanoacrylate and microcoils.
We report a 73-year-old man with recurrent variceal bleeding due to portal hypertension caused by multiple intrahepatic arterio-portal venous fistulas, which were successfully occluded by embolization with n-butyl cyanoacrylate and micro-coils.
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Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-chyo, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-Ku, Kyoto, 602-0841, Japan. yamagami@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
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Nishimura
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D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003487:Cyanoacrylates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011169:Portal Vein; D015641:Radiography, Interventional
D003487:Cyanoacrylates