Rescue therapy for bleeding ectopic ileal varices with a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and antegrade variceal embolization

• Main Authors: Saurabh Kumar (Author), Arvind Kumar Khurana (Author), Apoorva Batra (Author), Deepanshu Khanna (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Society of Gastrointestinal Intervention, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Portal hypertension, a known complication of liver cirrhosis, typically leads to variceal bleeding in the esophagus and stomach. However, ectopic varices can also occur outside the gastroesophageal region and may present with life-threatening massive bleeding. We report a case of bleeding ileal ecto...