Cyanoacrylate spray as treatment in difficult-to-manage gastrointestinal bleeding

Figure 1 Patient with ulcerated adenocarcinoma of the lower third of the esophagus. A: Ulcerative lesion at the minor curvature with oozing; B: Diffuse adenocarcinoma (poorly differentiated). Neoplastic cells alternate with polymorphonuclear cells; C: Ulcerative lesion after cyanoacrylate spray.

Figure 2 Gastric varices with active bleeding after sclerotherapy with 2-octyl cyanoacrylate. A: Bleeding fundic varices; B: Control of bleeding after placement of cyanoacrylate spray.