Balloon occlusion retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric varices in two non-cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis.
This report describes two non-cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis who underwent successful balloon occlusion retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) of gastric varices with a satisfactory response and no complications. One patient was a 35-year-old female with a history of Crohn's disease, status post-total abdominal colectomy, and portal vein and mesenteric vein thrombosis. The other patient was a 51-year-old female with necrotizing pancreatitis, portal vein thrombosis, and gastric varices. The BRTO procedure was a useful treatment for gastric varices in non-cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis in the presence of a gastrorenal shunt.
Interventional Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Peyman
P
Borghei
Interventional Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Seung Kwon
SK
Kim
Interventional Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Darryl A
DA
Zuckerman
D000328:Adult; D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000379:methods*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000601:surgery; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008642:Mesenteric Veins; D008875:Middle Aged; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000150:complications; D011169:Portal Vein; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications*
Balloon occlusion retrograde transvenous obliteration; Embolization; Hemorrhage; Portal hypertension