Migration of Gastric Varix Coil After Balloon-Occluded Antegrade Transvenous Obliteration

ACG Case Rep J. 2020 Oct 26;7(10):e00472. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000472. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Abstract

This is a case report of a man with alcoholic cirrhosis who underwent transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and balloon-occluded antegrade transvenous obliteration for gastric fundal varices in 2017. After almost a year, we found extensive migration of the coil into the gastric fundus on upper endoscopy. Continued vigilant surveillance endoscopy may help detect this complication.

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