title: Bleeding duodenal: varices treatment by TIPS and transcatheter embolization.
abstract: We describe our clinical experience in 4 patients with portal hypertension who presented with bleeding mesenteric varices originating from the superior mesenteric vein with retrograde filling of collaterals draining into the inferior vena cava. The clinical presentation, imaging findings, and potential therapeutic management are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1542 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA. jloper@lsuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Jorge E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lopera
authors.forename: Blain
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arthurs
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scheuerman
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sandoz
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petersosn
authors.forename: Wildriodo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Castaneda-Zuniga
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004386:Duodenum; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008642:Mesenteric Veins; D008875:Middle Aged; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior