Korean Journal of Radiology

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Balloon Occlusion Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration of Gastric Varices in Two Non-Cirrhotic Patients with Portal Vein Thrombosis

  • Borghei, Peyman (Interventional Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Seung Kwon (Interventional Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine) ;
  • Zuckerman, Darryl A. (Interventional Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2013.09.05
  • Accepted : 2013.10.07
  • Published : 2014.02.01
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Abstract

This report describes two non-cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis who underwent successful balloon occlusion retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) of gastric varices with a satisfactory response and no complications. One patient was a 35-year-old female with a history of Crohn's disease, status post-total abdominal colectomy, and portal vein and mesenteric vein thrombosis. The other patient was a 51-year-old female with necrotizing pancreatitis, portal vein thrombosis, and gastric varices. The BRTO procedure was a useful treatment for gastric varices in non-cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis in the presence of a gastrorenal shunt.

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