Improvement of protein-losing enteropathy by coil embolization of the left azygos vein.
We report a 17-year-old boy with double-outlet right ventricle, atrioventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, and persistent left superior vena cava who developed a protein-losing enteropathy, which was cured by coil embolization of the left azygos vein, thereby interrupting the vein-to-vein shunt.
Ishii
Akira
A
Department of Pediatrics, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. akila@kd5.so-net.ne.jp
Fuse
Shigeto
S
Kubo
Noriaki
N
Hatakeyama
Kinya
K
Takamuro
Motoki
M
Tomita
Hideshi
H
Tsutsumi
Hiroyuki
H
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D001401:Azygos Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D004310:Double Outlet Right Ventricle / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities*