title: Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration successfully performed for a large gastric varix in combination with temporary occlusion of the splenic artery in a child.
abstract: We encountered a 10-year-old boy with a gastric varix that occurred after long-term treatment by Kasai's hepatic portoenterostomy for biliary atresia for which balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO) was performed. With the standard B-RTO procedure, sufficient distribution in the entire gastric varix could not be obtained. However, the gastric varix was successfully treated by the addition of occlusion of the splenic artery by inflation of a balloon catheter during B-RTO.
authors: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Institute and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors: Takuji
authors: T
authors: Yamagami
authors: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Institute and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors: Rika
authors: R
authors: Yoshimatsu
authors: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Institute and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Kajiwara
authors: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Institute and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors: Yoshiyuki
authors: Y
authors: Onitake
authors: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Institute and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors: Eizou
authors: E
authors: Hiyama
authors: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Institute and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors: Kazuo
authors: K
authors: Awai
keywords: Interventional radiology; portography; stomach; therapeutic blockade; varices; veins