title: Treatment of ectopic varices with portal hypertension.
abstract: Ectopic varices are unusual with portal hypertension and can involve any site along the digestive tract outside the gastroesophageal region. Hemorrhage from ectopic varices generally are massive and life threatening. Diagnosis of ectopic varices is difficult and subsequent treatment is also difficult; the optimal treatment has not been established. Recently, interventional radiology and endoscopic treatments have been carried out successfully for hemorrhage from ectopic varices.
authors.affiliation: Takahiro Sato, Department of Gastroenterology, Sapporo Kosei General Hospital, Sapporo 060-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
keywords: Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration; Ectopic varices; Endoscopic band ligation; Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy; Percutaneous transhepatic obliteration; Portal hypertension; Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts