Fig 1.
Partial coilembolization of the spleen.
Angiographic images of the spleen with 5F-Sidewinder catheter in celiac trunk showing (a) the tortuous splenic artery (arrow) and the branching vessels before embolization and (b) the perfusion defect of approximately 60% (arrows) after coil embolization (arrow heads) of multiple peripheral arteries to the caudal pole of the spleen.
Fig 2.
Partially devascularized spleen after coilembolization.
Postinterventional CT images of the spleen in (a) transverse orientation with demarcation of parenchymal infarction (arrow) at the level of coil embolization (arrow head) and (b) in coronal orientation showing the demarcation zone (arrows) in correlation with the angiographic image (Fib 1b).
Table 1.
Patient characteristics (n = 9).
Table 2.
Laboratory data before and six months after partial spleen embolization.
Fig 3.
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showing (a) large-sized gastric varices in the gastric fundus before partial splenic embolization (SE) and (b) distinct regression of varices (arrows) six months after partial SE.
Fig 4.
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showing (a) large-sized esophageal varices before partial splenic embolization (SE) and (b) distinct regression of varices (arrows) with scarring of the squamous epithelium eight months after partial SE in combination with endoscopic variceal ligation.