Published February 17, 2022 | Version v1

PULMONARY EMBOLISM OF BUTYL-CYANOACRYLATE AFTER ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROSIS OF GASTRIC VARICES

  • 1. Central Radiology Service Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center Casablanca, Morocco.

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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.

 

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