Gastroenterology and Hepatology from Bed to Bench

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2022)

Transverse colon varices

Gastroenterology and Hepatology from Bed to Bench, Vol. 15 No. 2 (2022), 15 March 2022
https://doi.org/10.22037/ghfbb.vi.2433

Abstract

Portal hypertension associated with liver cirrhosis usually leads to gastroesophageal varices; however, ectopic varices secondary to liver cirrhosis are not common, especially colonic varices which occur with a low frequency.

We are going to discuss the case of a 75-year-old man with liver (HBV) cirrhosis who was admitted to the hospital with rectorrhagia. Colonoscopy revealed evidence of acute bleeding in tortuous colonic varices. The band ligation performed during the colonoscopy had failed to control the bleeding.

The patient was referred to Taleghani Hospital in Tehran, and rectorrhagia was subsequently successfully controlled by BRTO technique (balloon-occluded retrograded transvenous obliteration).

Keywords:
  • Colonic varices
  • Band ligation
  • BRTO

How to Cite

Hatami, B., Salarieh, N., Ketabi Moghadam, P., Mahdavi, M., & Farahani, A. (2022). Transverse colon varices. Gastroenterology and Hepatology from Bed to Bench, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.22037/ghfbb.vi.2433

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