Jejunal Variceal Bleeding Successfully Treated with Percutaneous Coil Embolization

Male Case Report Middle Aged Embolization, Therapeutic 3. Good health Varicose Veins 03 medical and health sciences Jejunum 0302 clinical medicine Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic Humans Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2012.27.3.321 Publication Date: 2012-02-25T01:19:42Z
ABSTRACT
A 52-yr-old male with alcoholic liver cirrhosis was hospitalized for hematochezia. He had undergone small-bowel resection due to trauma 15 yr previously. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed grade 1 esophageal varices without bleeding. No bleeding lesion was seen on colonoscopy, but capsule endoscopy showed suspicious bleeding from angiodysplasia in the small bowel. After 2 weeks of conservative treatment, the hematochezia stopped. However, 1 week later, the patient was re-admitted with hematochezia and a hemoglobin level of 5.5 g/dL. Capsule endoscopy was performed again and showed active bleeding in the mid-jejunum. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a varix in the jejunal branch of the superior mesenteric vein. A direct portogram performed via the transhepatic route showed portosystemic collaterals at the distal jejunum. The patient underwent coil embolization of the superior mesenteric vein just above the portosystemic collaterals and was subsequently discharged without re-bleeding. At 8 months after discharge, his condition has remained stable, without further bleeding episodes.
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