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- Title
Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric varix draining to the IVC via the circumaortic renal vein
- Authors
Ishikawa, Toru; Ushiki, Takashi; Mizuno, Ken-ichi; Togashi, Tadayuki; Watanabe, Kouji; Baba, Yasuyuki; Seki, Keiichi; Ohta, Hironobu; Yoshida, Toshiaki; Takeda, Keiko; Kamimura, Tomoteru
- Abstract
Abstract: The authors encountered a patient with gastric varices draining to the IVC not only via the usual route of the left renal vein but also via a circumaortic renal vein. Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO) of the gastric varix was performed with balloon occlusion of the circumaortic renal vein and retrograde injection of sclerosing agent (5% of ethanolamine oleate) into the varix. Eradication of the gastric varix was confirmed on endoscopic examination 2 months later. We document the first case of B-RTO performed for gastric varix via the circumaortic renal vein. Details of this rare occurrence and implications for treatment are presented herein.
- Subjects
ARTERIAL occlusions; VARICOSE veins; VEIN diseases; ARTERIAL diseases; ENDOSCOPY
- Publication
Hepatology Research, 2005, Vol 32, Issue 2, p117
- ISSN
1386-6346
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.hepres.2005.03.011