A 55-Year-Old Man with Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding Due to Stricture of the Portal Vein Anastomotic Site 12 Years After Combined Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation

Steffen Rassow; Stefan Büttner; Axel Thalhammer; Nora Marie Huber; Michael Heise; Kai-Henrik Peiffer; Despina Avaniadi; Julia Seifert; Helmut Geiger; Wolf Otto Bechstein; Ursula Pession; Ingeborg Anni Hauser

doi:10.12659/AJCR.936148

19 April 2022 : Case report Germany

A 55-Year-Old Man with Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding Due to Stricture of the Portal Vein Anastomotic Site 12 Years After Combined Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease

Steffen Rassow^12ABCDEF, Stefan Büttner

^1DE, Axel Thalhammer^3B, Nora Marie Huber^1B, Michael Heise^4B, Kai-Henrik Peiffer^5BE, Despina Avaniadi^1B, Julia Seifert^1BD, Helmut Geiger^1D, Wolf Otto Bechstein

^4BCDE, Ursula Pession^4BE, Ingeborg Anni Hauser^1ACDE*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936148

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936148

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Figure 4. (A) Angiographic dilatation of the portosystemic anastomosis of vena cava inferior with a balloon after pancreas-kidney transplantation. Image of the stenosis (asterisk). (B) Angiographic dilatation of the portosystemic anastomosis of vena cava inferior with a balloon after pancreas-kidney transplantation. Image of the jejunal varices (arrow). (C) Angiographic dilatation of the portosystemic anastomosis of vena cava inferior with a balloon after pancreas-kidney transplantation. Dilatation of the stenosis with a balloon (ellipse).

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A 55-Year-Old Man with Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding Due to Stricture of the Portal Vein Anastomotic Site 12 Years After Combined Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation

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