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Distal embolization and local vessel wall ulceration after gastric variceal obliteration with N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate: a case report and review of the literature.
- K Kok, R P Bond, I C Duncan, P A Fourie, C Ziady, J B van den Bogaerde, and S W van der Merwe.
- Department of Gastroenterology, Unitas Hospital, Netcare, Pretoria, South Africa.
- Endoscopy. 2004 May 1; 36 (5): 442-6.
AbstractRepeated endoscopic injections of N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate mixtures into large gastric varices in a single patient led to two complications: initially, pulmonary embolism, and later local ulceration of the wall of a varix. The latter resulted in massive uncontrollable hemorrhage that ultimately led to a fatal outcome. This case report also analyzes complications reported in the literature during similar endoscopic procedures for gastric varices.
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