Massive variceal bleeding secondary to splenic vein thrombosis successfully treated with splenic artery embolization: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Splenic vein thrombosis results in localized portal hypertension called sinistral portal hypertension, which may also lead to massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Symptomatic sinistral portal hypertension is usually best treated by splenectomy, but interventional radiological techn...

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Autores principales: Paramythiotis, Daniel, Papavramidis, Theodossis S, Giavroglou, Konstantinos, Potsi, Stamatia, Girtovitis, Fotis, Michalopoulos, Antonis, Papadopoulos, Vassilis N, Prousalidis, John
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20482817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-139

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