Splenic infarction in a child with portal hypertension secondary to biliary atresia.
The authors describe for the first time a case of splenic infarction in a 7-year-old boy with portal hypertension and biliary cirrhosis secondary to biliary atresia. This rare complication may cause serious acceleration of chronic liver failure.
Matsui
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A
Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
Shimada
T
T
Sasaki
N
N
Ishikawa
T
T
Momoya
T
T
Makino
S
S
D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology*; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000209:etiology*