2023
Large left varicocele in a patient with portal hypertension treated via transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement and both variceal and varicocele embolization
Megahed A, Schlachter T, Cornman-Homonoff J. Large left varicocele in a patient with portal hypertension treated via transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement and both variceal and varicocele embolization. BMC Urology 2023, 23: 94. PMID: 37189067, PMCID: PMC10184390, DOI: 10.1186/s12894-023-01268-9.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsVaricocele embolizationPortal hypertensionLeft varicoceleCirrhosis/portal hypertensionIntrahepatic portosystemic shunt placementTransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placementTransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shuntAlcohol-related cirrhosisLeft renal veinPortosystemic shunt placementPresence of varicesHistory of cirrhosisIntrahepatic portosystemic shuntContrast-enhanced CTConclusionIn patientsGastric varicesPortosystemic collateralsRare presentationRenal veinShunt placementCase presentationWePortosystemic shuntSplenic veinVariceal embolizationTesticular vein
2019
Transhepatic portal stent placement and jejunal varix embolization for management of treatment-limiting gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with unresectable recurrent intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Cornman-Homonoff J, Bassik N, Madoff DC. Transhepatic portal stent placement and jejunal varix embolization for management of treatment-limiting gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with unresectable recurrent intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Clinical Imaging 2019, 59: 188-191. PMID: 31837541, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2019.09.012.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsRecurrent cholangiocarcinomaOnly potential cureRecurrent intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaPoor patient outcomesUnresectable diseaseGastrointestinal bleedingChemotherapy administrationMyelosuppressive effectsTherapeutic mainstayDismal prognosisIntrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaVariceal embolizationStent placementPortal veinPatient outcomesPotential cureCholangiocarcinomaEmbolizationCytopeniasBleedingRegimenChemotherapyPatientsSurgeryPrognosis