[Direct embolization of stomal varices in portal hypertension after the treatment of liver metastases]

Radiologia. 2010 Nov-Dec;52(6):556-9. doi: 10.1016/j.rx.2010.04.004. Epub 2010 Jul 14.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We present the case of a man with a history of colorectal carcinoma and metastatic liver involvement who developed portal hypertension and recurrent bleeding from stomal varices after treatment with intra-arterial oxaliplatin and radioembolization with yttrium-90 microspheres. The definitive treatment for the bleeding episodes was embolization of the varices with coils using a direct percutaneous approach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Portal / etiology
  • Liver Neoplasms / complications
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Surgical Stomas
  • Varicose Veins / therapy*