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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...
Autores principales: | Saugel, Bernd, Gaa, Jochen, Phillip, Veit, Schmid, Roland M, Huber, Wolfgang |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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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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