Think of Rare Things—Atraumatic Splenic Hemorrhage
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A rare cause of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: chronic thrombosis of the splenic artery.
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) represents one of the most serious conditions of the gastrointestinal tract with a mortality rate of 10%. The main cause of UGIB is peptic ulcer, accounting for 28%-59% of cases. A rare cause of UGIB is submucosal arterial collaterals, which develop after splenic artery thrombosis. UGIB secondary to gastric submucosal collateral arteries should be consider...
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عنوان ژورنال: Deutsches Aerzteblatt Online
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1866-0452
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2018.0355