Case report and systematic literature review of a novel etiology of sinistral portal hypertension presenting with UGI bleeding: Left gastric artery pseudoaneurysm compressing the splenic vein treated by embolization of the pseudoaneurysm

INTRODUCTION: A novel case is reported of upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding from sinistral portal hypertension, caused by a left gastric artery (LGA) pseudoaneurysm (PA) compressing the splenic vein (SV) that was successfully treated with PA embolization. CASE REPORT: A 41-year-old man with prev...

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Published in:Medicine (Baltimore)
Main Authors: Hakim, Seifeldin, Bortman, Jared, Orosey, Molly, Cappell, Mitchell S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5380253/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28353569
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000006413
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