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Splenic vein thrombosis as a cause of variceal bleeding
J Thavanathan1, C Heughan, T M Cummings
1Department of Surgery, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's.
Canadian Journal of Surgery. Journal Canadien De Chirurgie
|December 1, 1992
Abstract:
Splenic vein thrombosis as a cause of variceal bleeding is underdiagnosed. Newer, noninvasive techniques of diagnosis that have been introduced recently appear to be accurate. Isolated gastric varices in the presence of normal liver function and especially in the presence of pancreatic disease should prompt a search for splenic vein thrombosis. Splenectomy is the treatment of choice.