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[Splenic arteriovenous fistula (a clinical case)]

A M Braga1, M P Baldacci, S Caruso

  • 1II Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Unità Socio-Sanitaria Locale N. 70, Legnano.

Chirurgia Italiana
|June 1, 1992
PubMed

A splenic arteriovenous fistula is a situation often presenting with signs of portal hypertension and with a characteristic murmur. Though rare, the possibility of a splenic arteriovenous fistula must be borne in mind in differential diagnosis, since it can be corrected surgically by resolving the portal hypertension.

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