Spontaneous regression of gastric varices after iatrogenic injury to a gastrorenal shunt.
We present a patient with gastric varices complicating portal hypertension caused by liver cirrhosis related to hepatitis C virus. The patient underwent balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration. The gastric varices almost completely disappeared, without any sclerotic agent being used, after iatrogenic injury of the gastrorenal shunt at the time of the interventional procedure.
Yamagami
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Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. yamagami@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
Iida
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Kato
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Hirota
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Nishimura
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D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed