Jejunal varix with a high transfusion requirement: therapy with cyanoacrylate with radiological control by double-balloon enteroscopy

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2023 Feb;115(2):101. doi: 10.17235/reed.2022.9008/2022.

Abstract

A jejunal varix with high transfusion requirement is treated by double-balloon enteroscopy with cyanoacrylate/ lipiodol with radiological control. The patient had not gastrointestinal hemorrhage or transfusion requeriment after 8 months follow up. Our recent previous article in Rev Esp Enferm Dig on advanced therapeutics by enteroscopy is referenced, providing this new therapeutic possibility.

MeSH terms

  • Cyanoacrylates
  • Double-Balloon Enteroscopy*
  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / therapy
  • Humans
  • Jejunum / diagnostic imaging
  • Varicose Veins* / diagnostic imaging
  • Varicose Veins* / therapy

Substances

  • Cyanoacrylates