Efficacy of CTPV for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Assessment: Comparison with Endoscopy in Cirrhotic Patients with Gastroesophageal Varices

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Efficacy of endotherapy in a patient with severe gastric varices. Axial computed tomography images show (a) nodular gastric varices located in the fundus. (b) One week after tissue adhesive injection, the afferent vein is partly embolized (arrowhead). (c) One month later. (d) The patient experienced portal vein thrombosis before treatment. (e) The filling defect of the portal vein was aggravated 1 week after treatment, and (f) it improved 1 month after treatment. (g, j) Endoscopic images show the changes in the varices 1 month after treatment. The reduced volumes of the gastric varices are shown with (h, k) volume rendering and (i, l) maximum intensity projection three-dimensionally.

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