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. 2021 Dec 24;2(6):e12634.
doi: 10.1002/emp2.12634. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Man with tarry stools

Hung-Bin Tsai  1 , Chia-Hao Hsu  2 , Chien-Lun Chen  3 , Po-Han Chu  3 , Chen Wei Huang  4 , Nin-Chieh Hsu  1   4
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Man with tarry stools

Hung-Bin Tsai et al. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. .
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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Ultrasonography performed in a coronal view at left flank near the splenorenal level showed clusters of dilated anechoic cystic structures along an enlarged spleen (left panel). Color doppler showed vascular flow signals within the anechoic structures between the spleen and left kidney (right panel, arrows). SP, spleen
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Computed tomography of the abdomen at the arterial phase showed typical lienorenal varices located in the lienorenal ligament between the spleen and left kidney (arrows)
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