Splenic arteriovenous fistula and sudden onset of portal hypertension as complications of a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm: Successful treatment with transcatheter arterial embolization. A case study and review of the literature

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 4264-4266

  Siablis, Dimitrios ^a   Papathanassiou, Zafiria G ^a   Karnabatidis, Dimitrios ^a   Christeas, Nikolaos ^a   Katsanos, Konstantinos ^a   Vagianos, Constantine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Portal hypertension; Splenic arteriovenous fistula; Splenic artery aneurysm; Transcatheter embolization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; MELENA; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SPLEEN ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN ARTERY ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748612154     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i26.4264     Document Type: Article

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