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Table 1 Summary of the cases of coil and NBCA migration following TIPS

From: Coil and n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate migration into the stomach after TIPS for gastroesophageal variceal bleeding: a case report and literature review

Author/Date [Ref]

Age/Sex (y)

Previous liver disease

Vascular abnormality

Site of migration

Migration time from TIPS

Management

Outcome

Kupkova et al. [8]

68/F

Liver cirrhosis due to hereditary haemochromatosis

Gastric varices

Stomach fundus

3 weeks

None

Well

Present case

46/M

Hepatitis B cirrhosis

Gastroesophageal varices

Stomach fundus

1 year

None

Well

  1. TIPS Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; NBCA n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate