Isolated gastric varices with upper gastrointestinal bleeding 11 years after distal pancreatectomy for ruptured pancreatic pseudocyst.
Isolated gastric varices with upper gastrointestinal bleeding are an unusual event, particularly in children in whom obstruction of the splenic vein is an infrequent occurrence. We describe a 19-year-old man with bleeding isolated gastric varices 11 years after he underwent distal pancreatectomy with preservation of the spleen for a ruptured pancreatic pseudocyst. The disorder was cured with splenectomy.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Hui-Ming
HM
Lee
Jiin-Haur
JH
Chuang
Shin-Yi
SY
Lee
Jiunn-Ming
JM
Sheen
Sheung-Fat
SF
Ko
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed