Table 1.

Clinical and angiographic data of five patients with arterial esophageal bleeding

No.	Age (year)	Staging	Origin of esophageal artery	Treatment progress of esophageal cancer	Coagulopathy	Bleeding site	Angiographic finding	The ratio of NBCA/Lipiodol	Result of admission
1	70	pT1bN3M0	Aorta (right bronchial artery)	Post-operation radiation 3 months	Present	Right pleural, mediastinum	Pseudoaneurysm	1:3	Died due to multiorgan failure 2 months later
2	66	cT3N1M1	Aorta (right bronchial artery)	Pre-operation radiation day 2	Present	Esophagus	Extravasation	1:2	Discharged without event
3	75	pT1bN0M0	Aorta	Post-operation 8 years	Present	Esophagus, right pleural, peritoneal, mediastinum	Extravasation and pseudoaneurysm	1:1.5	Died due to multiorgan failure 6 days later
4	77	pT3N3M0	Aorta	Post-operation day 1	Present	Right pleural, peritoneal, mediastinum	Extravasation	1:3	Discharged without event
5	68	pT3N1M0	Aorta	Post-operation day 10	Absent	Mediastinum	Extravasation	1:3	Discharged without event

All of the patients were male