Upper GI bleeding in a post-liver transplant patient. Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm.
Upper GI bleeding in a post-liver transplant patient. Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm.
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肝移植后患者的上消化道出血。
DOI:
10.1053/j.gastro.2011.12.014
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发表时间:
2012
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影响因子:
29.4
通讯作者:
Sharma,Pratima
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作者:
Prabhu,Anoop;Dasika,NarasimhamL;Sharma,Pratima
A 45-year-old man presented to the emergency room with large-volume hematochezia and subsequent hematemesis. His medical history is notable for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency with eventual liver failure. He underwent orthotopic liver transplantation 9 months prior, which was complicated by ischemic cholangiopathy with recurrent cholangitis and need for serial percutaneous cholangiogram tube exchanges. He underwent retransplantation 2 months before presentation, this time with a relatively uncomplicated postoperative course. The patient was not on aspirin or any nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. On this presentation, he was afebrile but hemodynamically unstable with a blood pressure of 82/60 mmHg and a heart rate of 110 bpm. Nasogastric lavage returned bright red blood with clot. Laboratory values were as follows: White blood cell count, 8300/μL (neutrophils, 82%); hemoglobin, 8.2 g/dL; platelet count, 192,000/mm3; blood urea nitrogen, 24 mg/dL; creatinine, 1.0 mg/dL; prothrombin time, 12.4 seconds; and International Normalized Ratio, 1.2. Between admission and intervention, the patient required a total transfusion of 12 U of packed red blood cells for hemodynamic support.Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a normal esophagus. The stomach contained a large amount of blood clot, but no site of active bleeding. Examination of the duodenum showed an adherent blood clot emanating from the ampulla of Vater (Figure A). The patient was referred to interventional radiology for visceral angiography (Figure B).