Published June 2010 | Version v1
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Successful Treatment of Mesenteric Varices After Living Donor Liver Transplantation with Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration Via an Abdominal Wall Vein

Creators

  • 1. Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Diagnostic Radiology (Japan)
  • 2. Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Transplantation and Pediatric Surgery (Japan)

Description

Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration is an established treatment for gastric varices; it has been used more rarely to treat mesenteric varices. We report a 12-year-old girl who had received a living donor liver transplant and suffered melena due to ruptured mesenteric varices. We addressed treatment of the mesenteric varices by retrograde transvenous obliteration of an abdominal wall collateral vein detected by superior mesenteric arteriography.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1007/s00270-009-9659-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
Journal Volume
33
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 631-634
ISSN
0174-1551
CODEN
CAIRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42029057
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
ABDOMEN; LIVER; TRANSPLANTS; VEINS
Descriptors DEC
BLOOD VESSELS; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GLANDS; ORGANS

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE)