MASSIVE GASTROINTESTINAL-BLEEDING FROM SPLENOJEJUNAL VARICES IN A CHILD - A COMPLICATION OF SPLENIC-VEIN OCCLUSION FOLLOWING NEAR-TOTAL PANCREATECTOMY FOR HYPERINSULINEMIC HYPOGLYCEMIA

Authors
WEINER TM THOMAS CG AZIZKHAN RG
Citation
Tm. Weiner et al., MASSIVE GASTROINTESTINAL-BLEEDING FROM SPLENOJEJUNAL VARICES IN A CHILD - A COMPLICATION OF SPLENIC-VEIN OCCLUSION FOLLOWING NEAR-TOTAL PANCREATECTOMY FOR HYPERINSULINEMIC HYPOGLYCEMIA, Pediatric surgery international, 9(5-6), 1994, pp. 421-422
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric surgery international → ACNP
ISSN journal
01790358
Volume
9
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
421 - 422
Database
ISI
SICI code
0179-0358(1994)9:5-6<421:MGFSVI>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Severe jejunal variceal bleeding occurred in a child with splenic-vein occlusion following a near-total pancreatectomy for hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. This rare sequela of splenic-vein occlusion required dis mantling of the varices and splenectomy.