title: Successful treatment with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) of recurrent massive rectal bleeding due to portal hypertension: case report.
abstract: Bleeding from anorectal varices can be massive and life-threatening. Punctual separation between hemorrhoids and anorectal varices is important. Numerous treatment options are available for management of bleeding anorectal varices, but none of them has demonstrated definitive efficacy. We report a case of successful transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in controlling massive recurrent rectal variceal bleeding in an elderly male patient.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yakup
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yeşilkaya
authors.forename: Barbaros
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Çil
authors.forename: Bora
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peynircioğlu
authors.forename: Halis
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Şimşek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D012007:Rectum; D012008:Recurrence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome