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Published on: July 1, 2012
B-RTO for ectopic variceal bleeding after living donor liver transplantation
Nao Kinjo1, Hirofumi Kawanaka, Morimasa Tomikawa
1Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. naokinjo@surg2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is a serious gastroenterological complication after orthotropic liver transplantation, as well as living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Although ectopic varices are rare causes of GIB, they may lead to life-threatening bleeding and it is difficult to diagnose them. We herein report a rare case of a jejunal variceal bleeding in a recipient five years after LDLT for primary sclerosing cholangitis with successful result by balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO).
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