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13.06.2018 | CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Cerebral infarction following cyanoacrylate endoscopic therapy of duodenal varices in a patient with a patent foramen ovale
verfasst von:
Baptiste Abbar, Damien Vimpere, Sherine Khater, Christophe Cellier, Jean-Luc Diehl
Erschienen in:
Internal and Emergency Medicine
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Ausgabe 5/2018
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Excerpt
We report here a very severe complication after endoscopic N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate glue sclerotherapy of an ectopic gastrointestinal varix in a 52-year-old man. The patient was admitted to the medical ICU for acute digestive tract bleeding with hematemesis, melena, and shock. The medical history mainly consisted of cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis B virus and non-alcoholic steato hepatitis (NASH). …