Portopulmonary venous anastomosis as a rare cause of embolic stroke following endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection for gastric variceal hemorrhage: A case report and review of the literature

oleh: Stephen P Power, Kirles Bishay, Gary R May, Dan Marcuzzi, Vikram Prabhudesai

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wiley 2020-02-01

Deskripsi

We report the case of a non‐cirrhotic 25‐year‐old female patient with cryptogenic portal hypertension who underwent cyanoacrylate injection for acute gastroesophageal variceal bleeding with a subsequent embolic stroke via a previously unrecognised portopulmonary venous anastomosis.