BALLOON-OCCLUDED RETROGRADE TRANSVENOUS OBLITERATION (BRTO), A PROMISING NONSURGICAL THERAPY FOR ECTOPIC VARICES - A CASE-REPORT OF SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF DUODENAL VARICES BY BRTO

We present a patient with massive tarry stool, diagnosed as duodenal v arices bleeding. Endoscopic ligation (EL) therapy was carried out for the varices, but because the possibility of re-bleeding remained, we t reated the varices with balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous oblite ration (BRTO), and duodenal varices were successfully decompressed wit hout any complications. BRTO might be a novel therapeutic approach for ectopic varices, including duodenal varices.