Successful embolization using interlocking detachable coils for a congenital extrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt in a child

J Pediatr Surg. 2007 Nov;42(11):1949-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.08.048.

Abstract

The authors report the case of a 6-year-old boy with a congenital extrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt. He had hyperammonemia. The shunt was 18 mm in diameter and located between the inferior mesenteric vein and the left internal iliac vein. The flow in the shunt was very rapid. After decreasing blood flow by inflating a balloon catheter inserted into the left internal iliac vein from the femoral vein, a microcatheter was coaxially advanced to the shunt to embolize the shunt. Embolization was successfully performed with interlocking detachable coils and microcoils without any complication. This patient's hyperammonemia resolved soon after the procedure.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Iliac Vein / abnormalities
  • Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome / complications
  • Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Veins / abnormalities
  • Portal System / abnormalities*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Fistula / congenital*
  • Vascular Fistula / diagnosis
  • Vascular Fistula / therapy*