19 April 2022>: Articles
A 55-Year-Old Man with Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding Due to Stricture of the Portal Vein Anastomotic Site 12 Years After Combined Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation
Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease
Steffen Rassow A , Stefan Büttner D , Axel Thalhammer B , Nora Marie Huber B , Michael Heise B , Kai-Henrik Peiffer B , Despina Avaniadi B , Julia Seifert B , Helmut Geiger D , Wolf Otto Bechstein B , Ursula Pession B , Ingeborg Anni Hauser A*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936148
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936148
Table 1. Case reports of jejunal varices with their cause, condition, and treatment in patients without pancreas-kidney transplantation.
Source | Cause of duodenal varices | Portal hypertension | Hepatic |cirrhosis | Treatment |
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Robert et al (2010) []8 | Hepatic cirrhosis, segmental resection of intestine in hernia | Yes | Yes | Coil embolization |
Koo et al (2011) []9 | Hepatic cirrhosis, small-bowel resection due to trauma | Yes | Yes | Coil embolization |
Hiraoka et al (2001) []10 | Case 1&2: portal vein stenosis pancreaticoduodenectomy with intraoperative radiation therapy Respectively choledocojejunostomy | Yes | No | Case 1&2: balloon dilatation; Case 2: Stent placement |
Lein et al (1992) []11 | Pancreatitis and Roux-en-Y cholecystojejunostomy | Yes | No | Resection of involved jejunal segment |
Deshpande et al (2008) []13 | No more detailed abdominal surgery | No | No | Resection of involved jejunal segment |
Gonçalves et al (2015) []14 | Pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy in pancreatic adenocarcinoma | Injection of a mixture of cyano-acrylate and Lipiodol | ||
Kastanakis et al (2013) []15 | Cholecystectomy | No | No | Resection of involved jejunal segment |