Successful treatment of mesenteric varices with balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration via an abdominal wall vein.
Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) is an established therapy for gastric varices, but it has been used less frequently for mesenteric varices. This report describes the successful management of mesenteric varices with BRTO performed via an abdominal wall collateral vein detected on contrast medium-enhanced computed tomography.
Department of Internal Medicine, Hitachi General Hospital, Johnan-cho 2-1-1, Hitachi, Ibaraki 317-0077, Japan. satoshi-tky@umin.ac.jp
Satoshi
S
Ono
Toshiyuki
T
Irie
Masashi
M
Kuramochi
Toshiro
T
Kamoshida
Shinji
S
Hirai
Yuji
Y
Oka
D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000098:blood supply*; D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008551:Melena / Q000209:etiology; D008643:Mesentery / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery