Transhepatic portal stent placement and jejunal varix embolization for management of treatment-limiting gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with unresectable recurrent intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Recurrent cholangiocarcinoma carries a dismal prognosis, with surgery providing the only potential cure. In those with unresectable disease, chemotherapy is the typical therapeutic mainstay but, given the myelosuppressive effects of this regimen, a pre-existing cytopenia may necessitate dose delay or reduction and contribute to poorer patient outcomes. We present a case of unresectable recurrent cholangiocarcinoma in which chronic gastrointestinal bleeding precluded chemotherapy administration, and which was successfully managed by portal vein stenting and ectopic variceal embolization.