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- Title
Splenic duplication: a rare cause of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
- Authors
Sharma, Pankaj; Alkadhi, Hatem; Gubler, Christoph; Bauerfeind, Peter; Pfammatter, Thomas
- Abstract
Acute gastrointestinal bleeding represents a common medical emergency. We report the rare case of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding caused by varices in the gastric fundus secondary to splenic duplication. Splenic duplication has been only rarely reported in the literature, and no case so far has described the associated complication of gastrointestinal bleeding, caused by venous drainage of the upper spleen via varices in the gastric fundus. We describe the imaging findings from endoscopy, endosonography, computed tomography (CT), flat-panel CT, and angiography in this rare condition and illustrate the effective role of intra-arterial embolization.
- Subjects
GASTROINTESTINAL hemorrhage; MEDICAL emergencies; DISEASE complications; SURGICAL arteriovenous shunts; ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY
- Publication
Abdominal Imaging, 2013, Vol 38, Issue 1, p163
- ISSN
0942-8925
- Publication type
Report
- DOI
10.1007/s00261-012-9884-4