Emergent treatment of variceal bleeding in two infants.
Two infants with portal hypertension were treated on an emergency basis for life-threatening uncontrollable variceal bleeding. One 9-month-old girl had portal vein thrombosis, and the other 28-months-old girl had liver cirrhosis secondary to biliary atresia. Following percutaneous transhepatic embolization of the varices, successful bleeding control was achieved in both patients.
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Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. surfari@hanmail.net
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D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000150:complications; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D011169:Portal Vein; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications