MDCT angiography to evaluate the therapeutic effect of PTVE for esophageal varices

Figure 4 Computed tomography image follow-up revealed the different outcome of cyanoacrylate in the different veins: cyanoacrylate in submucosal varices (within the wall of the fundus, large arrow) disappeared with time, but those in the para- and peri-gastric varices (outside the wall of the fundus, small arrow) remained permanently in the vessels without a time-dependent decrease. A: The cyanoacrylate in both the gastric varices and peri-and para-gastric varices stayed full at 3 mo after percutaneous transhepatic variceal embolization (PTVE); B: The cyanoacrylate in the gastric varices was reduced at 6 mo after PTVE; C: The cyanoacrylate in the gastric varices nearly disappeared at 12 mo after PTVE, but the cyanoacrylate in the peri- and para-gastric vessels retained the same as before.