Nine high-risk patients with endoscopic evidence of bleeding from the left gastric artery territory without angiographic extravasation were embolized to prevent rebleeding. Three were embolized with Gelfoam particles, 1 with Gianturco coils, and 5 with Gelfoam plus coils. Three patients rebled; 2 were embolized with Gelfoam only, and the third with coils only. No rebleeding occurred in the 5 patients treated with Gelfoam plus coils. No ischemic complications occurred. We conclude that embolization of the left gastric artery, despite absence of extravasation, is effective in preventing rebleeding in high-risk patients and that both Gelfoam and coils be used.

Chondroid lipoma is a recently described benign tumor of adipose origin which, pathologically, mimics myxoid liposarcoma and myxoid chondrosarcoma. This tumor typically presents as a well-defined mass in the superficial tissues of the extremities. In this report, we present the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearances of a pathologically proven chondroid lipoma. To our knowledge, this is the first report of any imaging findings associated with this tumor.

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