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. 2019 Nov 27;6(11):e00286.
doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000286. eCollection 2019 Nov.

A Rare Case of Hemorrhagic Shock: Perisplenic Varices with Large Splenorenal Shunt Treated by Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration

Sonmoon Mohapatra  1 , Vipul Gidwani  2 , Arkady Broder  1
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A Rare Case of Hemorrhagic Shock: Perisplenic Varices with Large Splenorenal Shunt Treated by Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration

Sonmoon Mohapatra et al. ACG Case Rep J. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Perisplenic varices (yellow arrows) associated with splenorenal shunt. A moderate amount of hemorrhagic ascites (areas of increased attenuation in the left upper quadrant) (white arrow) was also noted.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Contrast injection showed the perisplenic venous varix which was draining from the splenic vein to left renal vein and inferior vena cava via gonadal vein.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Transportal balloon occlusion-assisted sclerosis and embolization of the perisplenic varix.
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