A Rare Intrasplenic Varix in a Patient with Chronic Liver Disease and Portal Hypertension

• Main Authors: Sivasundhar Kumarasamy (Author), Karumuri Srinivas Sekhar (Author), Malathi Vaithyanathan (Author), Saravanakumar Sengottaiyan (Author), Saravanan Thangam Shanmugasundaram (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We present a rare case of spontaneous intrasplenic varix in a patient with chronic liver disease and portal hypertension. The venous collaterals and presence of portal hypertension was incidentally detected by abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomographic imaging during evaluation of a suspected...