Surgical management of portal hypertension in Felty's syndrome: A case report and literature review

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 831-835

  Stock, Heather ^a   Kadry, Zakiyah ^b   Smith, Jill P ^b  

^a Harrisburg Hospital   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Portal hypertension; Splenectomy; Varices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FATTY LIVER; FELTY SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PETECHIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; TACHYCARDIA;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FELTY'S SYNDROME; HEMATEMESIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61849116233     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.10.035     Document Type: Article

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