Distal inferior mesenteric veins to renal vein shunt for treatment of bleeding anorectal varices: case report and review of literature

J Vasc Surg. 2002 Dec;36(6):1264-6. doi: 10.1067/mva.2002.129644.

Abstract

Isolated intractable bleeding from anorectal varices is a rare complication of portal hypertension. We report a case of a patient with cirrhosis and hepatofugal flow who had severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding from anorectal varices. This is the first case report of construction of a distal inferior mesenteric vein shunt to left renal vein as a selective shunt for treatment of bleeding anorectal varices in a patient with hepatofugal flow. The patient is a 39-year-old white man with a medical history significant for alcohol abuse who was seen with bright red blood per rectum requiring 10 units of packed red blood cells over the course of a year. The work-up revealed anorectal varices with no other colonic lesions. The patient underwent construction of a distal inferior mesenteric vein to left renal vein shunt.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anastomosis, Surgical*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / complications*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Mesenteric Veins / surgery*
  • Radiography
  • Rectum / blood supply*
  • Rectum / diagnostic imaging
  • Rectum / surgery*
  • Renal Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Renal Veins / surgery*
  • Varicose Veins / complications*
  • Varicose Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Varicose Veins / surgery*