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Internal and Emergency Medicine
Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine 5/2018

01-08-2018 | CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Cerebral infarction following cyanoacrylate endoscopic therapy of duodenal varices in a patient with a patent foramen ovale

Authors: Baptiste Abbar, Damien Vimpere, Sherine Khater, Christophe Cellier, Jean-Luc Diehl

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Issue 5/2018

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We report here a very severe complication after endoscopic N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate glue sclerotherapy of an ectopic gastrointestinal varix in a 52-year-old man. The patient was admitted to the medical ICU for acute digestive tract bleeding with hematemesis, melena, and shock. The medical history mainly consisted of cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis B virus and non-alcoholic steato hepatitis (NASH). …
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Metadata
Title
Cerebral infarction following cyanoacrylate endoscopic therapy of duodenal varices in a patient with a patent foramen ovale
Authors
Baptiste Abbar
Damien Vimpere
Sherine Khater
Christophe Cellier
Jean-Luc Diehl
Publication date
01-08-2018
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 5/2018
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-1892-0

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