Portal hypertension due to a splenic arteriovenous fistula: A case report

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1113-1116

  Orrego, Mauricio ^a   Vargas, Hugo E ^a   Balan, Vijayan ^a   Wells, Christopher ^a   Harrison, M Edwyn ^a   Larson, Joel ^a   Huettl, Eric ^a   Liu, Patrick T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography; Embolization; Magnetic resonance; Portal hypertension; Splenic arteriovenous fistula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENIC ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ASCITES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; KIDNEY FAILURE; SPLENIC ARTERY; SPLENIC VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746423844     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-8016-9     Document Type: Article

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