Bleeding Esophageal Varices and Portal Hypertension Caused by Arteriovenous Fistula of Splenic Artery

Splenic arteriovenous fistula is a rare but curable cause of portal hypertension. This report describes a patient with such a disorder, presenting with bleeding esophageal varices and ascites. It emphasises the importance of performing selective catheterization of the celiac and superior mesenteric...

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Autores principales: Shleapnik, Moshe, Shpitz, Baruch, Siegal, Annette, Dinbar, Alex
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1990
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2442985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2090191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1990/49734
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author Shleapnik, Moshe
Shpitz, Baruch
Siegal, Annette
Dinbar, Alex
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description Splenic arteriovenous fistula is a rare but curable cause of portal hypertension. This report describes a patient with such a disorder, presenting with bleeding esophageal varices and ascites. It emphasises the importance of performing selective catheterization of the celiac and superior mesenteric artery in all patients with signs of portal hypertension without evidence of chronic liver disease. Etiopathology and management are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-24429852008-07-08 Bleeding Esophageal Varices and Portal Hypertension Caused by Arteriovenous Fistula of Splenic Artery Shleapnik, Moshe Shpitz, Baruch Siegal, Annette Dinbar, Alex HPB Surg Research Article Splenic arteriovenous fistula is a rare but curable cause of portal hypertension. This report describes a patient with such a disorder, presenting with bleeding esophageal varices and ascites. It emphasises the importance of performing selective catheterization of the celiac and superior mesenteric artery in all patients with signs of portal hypertension without evidence of chronic liver disease. Etiopathology and management are discussed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1990 /pmc/articles/PMC2442985/ /pubmed/2090191 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1990/49734 Text en Copyright © 1990 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Bleeding Esophageal Varices and Portal Hypertension Caused by Arteriovenous Fistula of Splenic Artery
title_full Bleeding Esophageal Varices and Portal Hypertension Caused by Arteriovenous Fistula of Splenic Artery
title_fullStr Bleeding Esophageal Varices and Portal Hypertension Caused by Arteriovenous Fistula of Splenic Artery
title_full_unstemmed Bleeding Esophageal Varices and Portal Hypertension Caused by Arteriovenous Fistula of Splenic Artery
title_short Bleeding Esophageal Varices and Portal Hypertension Caused by Arteriovenous Fistula of Splenic Artery
title_sort bleeding esophageal varices and portal hypertension caused by arteriovenous fistula of splenic artery
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2442985/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1990/49734
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