[Endoscopic variceal ligation and percutaneous transhepatic obliteration difficulty in esophageal variceal bleeding: a case report].

A 48-year-old male patient with a history of alcoholic cirrhosis was admitted to our hospital due to hematemesis with a 7-day history of melena. Emergency esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed esophageal variceal bleeding. We attempted hemostasis with endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL).

[A case of refractory ascites due to splenic arteriovenous fistula appeared during the course of observation and cured by embolization therapy].

This is a case of a 61-year-old female who presented to our hospital with liver dysfunction without any symptoms. She was diagnosed with splenic arteriovenous fistula. About 8 months later, she visited the hospital again due to abdominal distention and diarrhea.