Intractable oesophageal variceal bleeding caused by splenic arteriovenous fistula: treatment by transcatheter arterial embolization.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe a rare case of splenic arteriovenous fistula and venous aneurysm which developed after splenectomy in a 40-year-old woman who presented with epigastralgia, watery diarrhoea, repeated haematemesis and melaena caused by hyperkinetic status of the portal system and bleeding of oesophageal varices. It was diagnosed by computed tomography and angiography, and obliterated with giant Gianturco steel coils.
Medical subject headings
- Arteriovenous Fistula
- Embolization, Therapeutic
- Esophageal and Gastric Varices
- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
- Splenectomy
- Splenic Artery
- Splenic Vein