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Case Reports
. 2012 Aug;35(4):971-4.
doi: 10.1007/s00270-011-0307-7.

A fatal complication caused by occult pheochromocytoma after splenic artery embolization for malignant hypersplenism

Wouter Dinkelaar, Otto Elgersma, Mark-David Levin
Case Reports

A fatal complication caused by occult pheochromocytoma after splenic artery embolization for malignant hypersplenism

Wouter Dinkelaar et al. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2012 Aug.
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Severe splenomegaly before SAE
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Selective digital subtraction angiography of the splenic artery before embolization
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Selective digital subtraction angiography of the splenic artery after embolization
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Air bubbles are spread through entire spleen after embolization, a finding consistent with extensive infarction
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