title: Percutaneous transhepatic sclerotherapy with embolization of the drainage vein for a gastric varix.
abstract: We experienced a case with a gastric varix that did not have a catheterizable main drainage vein and had multiple afferent veins. For this case we successfully performed percutaneous transhepatic sclerotherapy using the following procedure. After the drainage vein was embolized by metallic coils and n-butyl cyanoacrylate from a microcatheter that was advanced through the gastric varix, 5% ethanolamine oleate-iopamidol was infused into the gastric varix from one main afferent vein under balloon occlusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Institute and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan ; Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Rika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshimatsu
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Institute and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan ; Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamagami
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Kujo Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okuda
keywords: Gastric varix; percutaneous transhepatic obliteration; percutaneous transhepatic sclerotherapy