| Literature DB >> 34327104 |
Shiva F Naidoo1, Joshua C Obuch2.
Abstract
We report the case of an 18-year-old male with a medical history of microvillous inclusion disease (MID) and notable surgical history of small bowel, liver, and pancreas transplant who presented with massive jejunal and cecal varices. Endoscopy findings demonstrated a large grape-like cluster, with subsequent CT angiography (CTA) showing other variceal lesions in the cecum. The patient was transferred to the original transplant center for recommended open surgical evaluation and combined interventional radiology (IR) embolization of varices. MID is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the Myosin VB (MYO5B) gene leading to a lack of myosin Vb. Patients subsequently develop liver damage at birth, which necessitates a small bowel/liver transplant in childhood.Entities:
Keywords: acute gastrointestinal bleed; gastric varices; jejunal varices; liver transplant; microvillus inclusion disease; small bowel transplant; upper gastro-intestinal bleed
Year: 2021 PMID: 34327104 PMCID: PMC8304195 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.15884
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cureus ISSN: 2168-8184