Duong Gia Phuc, age 2, of HCMC, vomited blood and had a very unusual portal vein condition. I was told to seek medical attention abroad. But thanks to the expertise of Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Liem, General Director of Vinmec International General Hospital and the world's foremost expert in pediatric surgery, baby Phuc had surgery and is making a full recovery. Baby is the smallest case of portal vein varices that has undergone successful surgery.
Blood in the vomit: watch out for portal vein varices
The oldest kid of Mr. Duong Xuan Binh is Phuc. The infant continues to grow normally. But after reaching the age of one, he unexpectedly vomited blood. The infant then made a speedy recovery. The phenomenon returned eight months later, but this time it was more severe. To get the infant out of the dire position, medical care and blood transfusions are required. The baby's parents were horrified to learn that the infant had a rare condition that required hard surgery. Doctors recommended patients to seek treatment abroad.
After two weeks after surgery at Vinmec, Baby Duong Gia Phuc made a full recovery
In his words: "I requested that his test sample be sent outside so that Dr. Tanaka, the director of Kobe International Hospital, may consult with him (Japan). However, the process to send the infant abroad for treatment is difficult, time-consuming, and expensive. We conducted research and discovered that the world's foremost authority in pediatric surgery is Prof. Nguyen Thanh Liem, Vinmec General Director, therefore we brought him for an examination at Vinmec ".
Prof. Liem discussed the condition with his family through a CT scan of the portal venous system performed at Vinmec utilizing a contemporary CT machine. Blood returns to the spleen and the whole intestine through the vein. Blood from the intestines and spleen cannot normally travel via the liver and return to the heart due to portal vein atrophy. Through the few auxiliary veins that remain, just a small amount of the blood from the intestines can still reach the liver. Blood will pool in the stomach or esophagus, causing extreme stretching, rupture, and severe gastrointestinal bleeding, which will cause Phuc to vomit blood.
Baby Duong Gia Phuc was perfectly normal one month after surgery. The baby is no longer at risk of the condition recurring, according to the CT scans.
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