title: Jejunal variceal bleeding successfully treated with percutaneous coil embolization.
abstract: A 52-yr-old male with alcoholic liver cirrhosis was hospitalized for hematochezia. He had undergone small-bowel resection due to trauma 15 yr previously. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed grade 1 esophageal varices without bleeding. No bleeding lesion was seen on colonoscopy, but capsule endoscopy showed suspicious bleeding from angiodysplasia in the small bowel. After 2 weeks of conservative treatment, the hematochezia stopped. However, 1 week later, the patient was re-admitted with hematochezia and a hemoglobin level of 5.5 g/dL. Capsule endoscopy was performed again and showed active bleeding in the mid-jejunum. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a varix in the jejunal branch of the superior mesenteric vein. A direct portogram performed via the transhepatic route showed portosystemic collaterals at the distal jejunum. The patient underwent coil embolization of the superior mesenteric vein just above the portosystemic collaterals and was subsequently discharged without re-bleeding. At 8 months after discharge, his condition has remained stable, without further bleeding episodes.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Digestive Research and Digestive Disease Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: So My
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: Soung Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Jae Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Tae Hee
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seong Ran
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Hyun Gun
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin Oh
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yong Jae
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000098:blood supply*; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*