Additional criterion for assessing the risk of gastric variceal bleeding according to multispiral computed tomography

Aim. To establish the parameters of gastric varices which determine a high risk of gastric bleeding according to the results of multispiral computed tomography.

Material and methods. The results of studies of 39 patients with liver cirrhosis and gastric varices were retrospectively studied. Nine of them had signs of previous bleeding on endoscopic examination or the corresponding data in the medical history. In 3 patients gastric bleeding occurred 30-47 days after multispiral computed tomography.

Results. According to the results of multispiral computed tomography with multiplanar reconstructions gastric bleeding was detected in 12 patients with protrusion of submucosal varicose veins into the gastric lumen by 5 mm or more with a vein diameter >7 mm.

Conclusion. The results of multispiral computed tomography, complemented by the hydro-computed tomography technique, provide important additional information on predicting the development of gastric bleeding in the selection of patients for preventive minimally invasive interventions on the veins of the stomach.

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