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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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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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author | Saugel, Bernd Gaa, Jochen Phillip, Veit Schmid, Roland M Huber, Wolfgang |
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description | 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 Caucasian woman with bleeding gastric varices secondary to splenic vein thrombosis treated by splenic artery embolization. Successful embolization was performed by depositing coils into the splenic artery resulting in cessation of variceal bleeding. After embolization there was no recurrence of bleeding. CONCLUSION: Splenic artery embolization can be an effective and definite treatment for variceal bleeding secondary to splenic vein thrombosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-29231722010-08-18 Splenic artery embolization in a woman with bleeding gastric varices and splenic vein thrombosis: a case report Saugel, Bernd Gaa, Jochen Phillip, Veit Schmid, Roland M Huber, Wolfgang J Med Case Reports 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 Caucasian woman with bleeding gastric varices secondary to splenic vein thrombosis treated by splenic artery embolization. Successful embolization was performed by depositing coils into the splenic artery resulting in cessation of variceal bleeding. After embolization there was no recurrence of bleeding. CONCLUSION: Splenic artery embolization can be an effective and definite treatment for variceal bleeding secondary to splenic vein thrombosis. BioMed Central 2010-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2923172/ /pubmed/20684784 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-247 Text en Copyright ©2010 Saugel et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Saugel, Bernd Gaa, Jochen Phillip, Veit Schmid, Roland M Huber, Wolfgang Splenic artery embolization in a woman with bleeding gastric varices and splenic vein thrombosis: a case report |
title | Splenic artery embolization in a woman with bleeding gastric varices and splenic vein thrombosis: a case report |
title_full | Splenic artery embolization in a woman with bleeding gastric varices and splenic vein thrombosis: a case report |
title_fullStr | Splenic artery embolization in a woman with bleeding gastric varices and splenic vein thrombosis: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Splenic artery embolization in a woman with bleeding gastric varices and splenic vein thrombosis: a case report |
title_short | Splenic artery embolization in a woman with bleeding gastric varices and splenic vein thrombosis: a case report |
title_sort | splenic artery embolization in a woman with bleeding gastric varices and splenic vein thrombosis: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | 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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