Isolated splenic vein thrombosis secondary to splenic metastasis: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 40, 2006, Pages 6561-6563

  Hiraiwa, Kunihiko ^a   Morozumi, Kyoei ^b   Miyazaki, Hiroshi ^b   Sotome, Keiichi ^b   Furukawa, Akio ^b   Nakamaru, Makoto ^b   Tanaka, Yoichi ^c   Iri, Hisami ^b  

^a Hamamatsu Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^b Fussa Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Splenic metastasis; Splenic vein occlusion; Splenic vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANCER CELL; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; SPLEEN CANCER; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC VEIN; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBUS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33751011045     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i40.6561     Document Type: Article

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