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01-10-2009 | Case Report

Delayed, life-threatening lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage in an infant after serial transverse enteroplasty: treatment with transcatheter n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate embolization

Authors: Conor O. Bogue, Amin I. Alzahrani, Paul W. Wales, Philip R. John, Joao G. Amaral

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 10/2009

Abstract

We report a case of n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate glue embolization of life-threatening lower gastrointestinal (LGI) hemorrhage in a 10-month-old boy. The child had a history of gastroschisis and short-bowel syndrome. Six months prior to the LGI bleed, he had undergone a serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP) to lengthen his intestine. To the best of our knowledge this is both the first report of successful glue embolization for LGI bleeding in a child and also the first report of severe hemorrhage after the STEP procedure.

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Title: Delayed, life-threatening lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage in an infant after serial transverse enteroplasty: treatment with transcatheter n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate embolization
Authors: Conor O. Bogue
Amin I. Alzahrani
Paul W. Wales
Philip R. John
Joao G. Amaral
Publication date: 01-10-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 10/2009
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-009-1328-0

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Delayed, life-threatening lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage in an infant after serial transverse enteroplasty: treatment with transcatheter n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate embolization

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