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KMID : 0376419850090010107
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Chonbuk University Medical Journal
1985 Volume.9 No. 1 p.107 ~ p.110
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A Case of Isolated Gastric Varices due to Spontaneous Splenic Vein Thrombosis
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Abstract
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Isolated bleeding gastric varices due to a spontaneous idiopathic thrombosis of the splenic vein was found to be the cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in our patient. Splenic vein thrombosis is an important but often neglected cause in the consideration of diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.
Diagnosis of isolated gastric varices may be made by the barium study, endoscopy, abdominal C -T scan and arteriography which is essential in demonstrating an obstructed splenic vein, Splenectomy is the treatment of choice.
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