B-RTO for ectopic variceal bleeding after living donor liver transplantation.
Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is a serious gastroenterological complication after orthotropic liver transplantation, as well as living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Although ectopic varices are rare causes of GIB, they may lead to life-threatening bleeding and it is difficult to diagnose them. We herein report a rare case of a jejunal variceal bleeding in a recipient five years after LDLT for primary sclerosing cholangitis with successful result by balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO).
Kinjo
Nao
N
Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. naokinjo@surg2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Kawanaka
Hirofumi
H
Tomikawa
Morimasa
M
Taketomi
Akinobu
A
Soejima
Yuji
Y
Yoshizumi
Tomoharu
T
Yamaguchi
Shohei
S
Yoshida
Daisuke
D
Maehara
Yoshihiko
Y
D000328:Adult; D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000379:methods*; D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000601:surgery; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000098:blood supply*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000601:surgery*