Left Colonic Bleeding Secondary to Inferior Mesenteric Vein Stenosis

We present a case of a 50-year-old man diagnosed as having intermittent left colonic bleeding from mesenteric varices due to a critical stenosis at the portal vein–inferior mesenteric vein confluence. This case illustrates a multimodality imaging approach to arrive at the diagnosis with a brief discussion of an atypical endovascular intervention. At the conclusion, we suspect that venous stenting may be suboptimal in treating mesenteric variceal bleeding and recurrence is likely unavoidable.
Source: Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography - Category: Radiology Tags: Abdominal Imaging Source Type: research