SPLENIC ARTERY ANEURYSM - AN UNCOMMON CAUSE OF SEGMENTAL PORTAL-HYPERTENSION

Authors
HOEBEKE Y SCOTTE M LEBLANC I MICHOT F TENIERE P
Citation
Y. Hoebeke et al., SPLENIC ARTERY ANEURYSM - AN UNCOMMON CAUSE OF SEGMENTAL PORTAL-HYPERTENSION, Annales de chirurgie, 47(6), 1993, pp. 557-558
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Annales de chirurgie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00033944
Volume
47
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
557 - 558
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-3944(1993)47:6<557:SAA-AU>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A patient presented with gastrooesophageal varices secondary to spleni c vein compression by a splenic artery aneurysm. Splenectomy and aneur ys resection ensured a good clinical result and disappearance of the s egmental portal hypertension.