N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate and lipoidol pulmonary embolism (glue embolism).

Cyanoacrylate in the treatment of gastric varices complicated by multiple pulmonary emboli.

Bleeding gastric varices are increasingly being obliterated with the aid of endoscopic injection of n-butyl-cyanoacrylate (histoacryl) diluted with lipiodol. This glue acts as a tissue adhesive that polymerizes on contact with blood in a gastric varix. Severe glue pulmonary embolism is a rare complication of injection therapy. This case involves a 52-year-old man with fundal gastric varices, wh...

Fatal N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate pulmonary embolism after sclerotherapy for variceal bleeding.

Intervention treatment on massive hemoptysis of pulmonary aspergilloma

Retrospective analysis was carried out on intervention treatment and the effects of massive hemoptysis of pulmonary aspergilloma. Twenty-five cases diagnosed as massive hemoptysis of pulmonary aspergilloma were performed with imaging of bronchial arteries and other related blood vessels in order to assess blood vessel type and the number involved in the disease and perform embolotherapy on the ...

Endoscopic obliterative therapy with n-butyl-2- cyanoacrylate for gastrointestinal varices

Aims: To evaluate the utility of endoscopic obliterative therapy with n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (tissue adhesives) for gastrointestinal varices and to investigate the incidence of serious complications. Methods: Endoscopic obliterative therapy with n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate was performed on 228 gastrointestinal variceal patients; 221 gastric varices, 5 duodenal varices, and 2 anastomotic varices af...

Glue embolism: a rare cause of pulmonary embolism.

N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate is widely used to sclerose bleeding gastric varices. We report the case of a 65-year-old lady, known case of cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis C infection, who presented to the emergency department with coffee ground vomiting and melena for four days. Gastroscopy showed non-bleeding small esophageal varices, mild portal hypertensive gastropathy and a large gastric fundal ...