Australian and New Zealand journal of medicine 1984-Dec
Curative treatment of bleeding esophageal varices secondary to a splenic arterio-venous fistula.
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A 59 year old female, who presented with abdominal pain, diarrhea, and ascites, developed major bleeding from esophageal varices. Celiac angiography demonstrated a splenic arterio-venous fistula with early filling of an enlarged splenic vein and esophageal varices (pre-sinusoidal extra hepatic portal hypertension). The patient underwent splenectomy and resection of the fistula with resultant disappearance of the varices and presenting symptoms.