title: Sclerotherapy for rare bleeding stomal varices after ileal conduit urinary diversion: an effective and noninvasive method.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Bleeding stomal varices after ileal conduit urinary diversion are rare, but they can develop in patients with portal venous hypertension caused by cirrhosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 68-year-old man who developed stomal haemorrhage two months after radical cystectomy and ileal conduit urinary diversion to treat invasive bladder cancer. Alcoholic cirrhosis and portal venous hypertension were considered to be the causes of varices and bleeding. We chose to control the stomal varices using sclerotherapy. The stomal varices disappeared and no bleeding recurred during one year of follow up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We believe that sclerotherapy is a suitable treatment for bleeding stomal varices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, China tanshutao01@163.com.
authors.forename: Shu-Tao
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D015653:Cystectomy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000175:diagnosis; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D054047:Surgical Stomas / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000009:adverse effects*
keywords: Ileal conduit; bleeding; portal venous hypertension; sclerotherapy; stomal varices