PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - El-Essawy, Manar T.
AU  - Al-Harbi, Sultan R.
TI  - Multiple pulmonary and systemic ectopic emboli following endoscopic injection sclerotherapy for gastric fundal varices.
DP  - 2012 Mar 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 321--323
VI  - 33
IP  - 3
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/33/3/321.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/33/3/321.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2012 Mar 01; 33
AB  - We report a case of a 40-year-old female with cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and upper gastrointestinal bleeding who developed multiple pulmonary emboli after endoscopic injection sclerotherapy for gastric variceal bleeding. The patient did not have any respiratory symptoms after the sclerotherapy. A chest radiograph obtained one day after the procedure for the evaluation of fever showed few small nodular radio-opacities in both hilar regions. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrates the existence of multiple radio-opaque emboli within the pulmonary and left common iliac arteries with no evidence of associated pulmonary parenchymal changes. She had no further symptoms, and the radiologic opacities persisted on CT obtained 4 months later.