Splenic artery embolization in a woman with bleeding gastric varices and splenic vein thrombosis: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Gastric variceal bleeding due to splenic vein thrombosis is a life-threatening situation and is often difficult to manage by endoscopy. In the worst cases, an emergency splenectomy may be required to stop variceal bleeding. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 60-year-old Caucasi...

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Autores principales: Saugel, Bernd, Gaa, Jochen, Phillip, Veit, Schmid, Roland M, Huber, Wolfgang
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/PMC2923172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20684784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-247

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2923172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20684784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-247

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