Portopulmonary venous anastomosis as a rare cause of embolic stroke following endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection for gastric variceal hemorrhage: A case report and review of the literature

Stephen P Power; Kirles Bishay; Gary R May; Dan Marcuzzi; Vikram Prabhudesai

doi:10.1002/jgh3.12180

Portopulmonary venous anastomosis as a rare cause of embolic stroke following endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection for gastric variceal hemorrhage: A case report and review of the literature

JGH Open. 2019 Apr 11;4(1):99-102. doi: 10.1002/jgh3.12180. eCollection 2020 Feb.

Authors

Stephen P Power¹, Kirles Bishay², Gary R May², Dan Marcuzzi¹, Vikram Prabhudesai^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology St Michael's Hospital Toronto Canada.
² Division of Gastroenterology Saint Michael's Hospital Toronto Canada.
³ Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Saint Michael's Hospital University of Toronto Toronto Canada.

Abstract

We report the case of a non-cirrhotic 25-year-old female patient with cryptogenic portal hypertension who underwent cyanoacrylate injection for acute gastroesophageal variceal bleeding with a subsequent embolic stroke via a previously unrecognised portopulmonary venous anastomosis.

Keywords: cyanoacrylate glue; embolization; gastroesophageal varices; interventional radiology; portal hypertension; portopulmonary venous anastomosis.

Publication types

Case Reports