Portopulmonary venous anastomosis as a rare cause of embolic stroke following endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection for gastric variceal hemorrhage: A case report and review of the literature
Stephen P Power,
Kirles Bishay,
Gary R May,
Dan Marcuzzi,
Vikram Prabhudesai
Affiliations
Stephen P Power
Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology St Michael's Hospital Toronto Canada
Kirles Bishay
Division of Gastroenterology Saint Michael's Hospital Toronto Canada
Gary R May
Division of Gastroenterology Saint Michael's Hospital Toronto Canada
Dan Marcuzzi
Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology St Michael's Hospital Toronto Canada
Vikram Prabhudesai
Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology St Michael's Hospital Toronto Canada
We report the case of a non‐cirrhotic 25‐year‐old female patient with cryptogenic portal hypertension who underwent cyanoacrylate injection for acute gastroesophageal variceal bleeding with a subsequent embolic stroke via a previously unrecognised portopulmonary venous anastomosis.
