Duodenal obstruction after successful embolization for duodenal diverticular hemorrhage: a case report.
We present a 69-year-old woman with a duodenal obstruction after successful selective transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) for a duodenal diverticular hemorrhage. Two weeks after TAE, the patient showed abrupt symptoms of duodenal obstruction. Resolving hematomas after successful selective transcatheter arterial embolization should be thoroughly observed because they might result in duodenal fibrotic encasement featuring inflammatory duodenal wall thickening, duodenal deformity, dysmotility, and finally obstruction.
Kwon
Yu Jin
YJ
Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yeongeon-dong, Seoul 110-744, South Korea.
Kim
Ji Hun
JH
Kim
Seung Hyoung
SH
Kim
Bong Soo
BS
Kim
Heung Up
HU
Choi
Eun Kwang
EK
Jeong
In Ho
IH
D000368:Aged; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004380:Duodenal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome