A case report of bleeding from duodenal varices treated with percutaneous transhepatic obliteration

• Main Authors: Ji Hyun Lee (Author), Tae Hwan Kim (Author), Jong Won Choi (Author), Sun Young Kim (Author), Jin Young Choi (Author), Chun Kyon Lee (Author), Byung Kyu Park (Author), Jae Bok Chung (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Society of Gastrointestinal Intervention, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Duodenal varices are ectopic in nature and account for 40% of all ectopic bleeding cases. Ectopic variceal bleeding is rare (1%-5% of all variceal bleeding cases). The three principle approaches used to treat duodenal varices are endoscopic procedures, interventional radiological methods, and surgic...