Diarrhea, massive ascites, and portal hypertension: Rare case of a splenic arterio-venous fistula

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 243-249

  Strassburg, C P ^a   Bleck, J S ^a   Rosenthal, H ^a   Meyer, H J ^a   Gebel, M ^a   Manns, M P ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

arterial collaterals; ascites; diarrhea; Doppler ultrasound; embolization; portal hypertension; splenectomy; splenic arterio venous fistula; visceral aneurysms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLENIC VEIN;

ADULT; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ASCITES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0029867780     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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