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. 1997;10(3):173–175. doi: 10.1155/1997/18272

Transhepatic Venous Angioplasty and Stenting: A Treatment Option in Bleeding from Gastric Varices Secondary to Pancreatic Carcinoma

J M Ferguson 1, K R Palmer 1, O J Garden 2, D N Redhead 3,
PMCID: PMC2423848  PMID: 9174864

Abstract

We present a case of recurrent variceal bleeding due to subtotal occlusion of the splenoportal junction by a pancreatic carcinoma. This was effectively treated by transhepatic venous angioplasty and stenting.

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