Open AccessPULMONARY EMBOLISM OF BUTYL-CYANOACRYLATE AFTER ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROSIS OF GASTRIC VARICES
Author(s) -
Mouna Sabiri
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of advanced research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5407
DOI - 10.21474/ijar01/14184
Subject(s) - lipiodol , medicine , cyanoacrylate , gastric varices , pulmonary embolism , glue , varices , radiology , iodinated contrast , surgery , computed tomography , embolization , cirrhosis , chemistry , adhesive , organic chemistry , materials science , layer (electronics) , composite material
Pulmonary embolic complications may occur during endoscopic treatment of gastric varices using butyl-cyanoacrylate glue. Combined with a contrast agent, in particular Lipiodol, these vascular embols can only be diagnosed by computed tomography without injection of iodinated contrast. We report the case of a 21-year-old patient who presented with bilateral pulmonary embolism due to the injection of this glue into gastric varices.