Stomal varices: treatment by percutaneous transhepatic coil embolization

K Kishimoto; A Hara; T Arita; K Tsukamoto; N Matsui; T Kaneyuki; N Matsunaga

doi:10.1007/s002709900445

Stomal varices: treatment by percutaneous transhepatic coil embolization

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1999 Nov-Dec;22(6):523-5. doi: 10.1007/s002709900445.

Authors

K Kishimoto¹, A Hara, T Arita, K Tsukamoto, N Matsui, T Kaneyuki, N Matsunaga

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minamikogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan.

PMID: 10556416
DOI: 10.1007/s002709900445

Abstract

Bleeding from stomal varices in a patient with portal hypertension, uncontrolled by surgical ligation and sclerotherapy, was well controlled by percutaneous transhepatic embolization with platinum and stainless-steel coils.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Colostomy*
Embolization, Therapeutic*
Female
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / therapy
Humans
Hypertension, Portal / complications
Middle Aged
Surgical Stomas / blood supply
Varicose Veins / etiology
Varicose Veins / therapy*