Massive bleeding from a gastric varix coil migration in a liver transplant patient

J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2013 Sep;22(3):249.

Authors

Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri¹, Quirino Lai, Gianluca Mennini, Paolo Trentino, Pasquale B Berloco, Massimo Rossi

Affiliation

¹ Department of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Umberto I Policlinic of Rome, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Email: gblevisandri@gmail.com.

PMID: 24078976

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Embolization, Therapeutic / adverse effects*
Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / diagnosis
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / therapy*
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / virology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnosis
Foreign-Body Migration / etiology*
Foreign-Body Migration / surgery
Gastrectomy
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / therapy*
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / virology
Gastroscopy
Hematemesis / etiology
Hepatitis C / complications
Humans
Hypertension, Portal / diagnosis
Hypertension, Portal / surgery*
Hypertension, Portal / virology
Liver Cirrhosis / diagnosis
Liver Cirrhosis / surgery*
Liver Cirrhosis / virology
Liver Transplantation*
Middle Aged
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic
Recurrence
Reoperation
Severity of Illness Index
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome