Isolated Splenic Vein Thrombosis: 8-Year-Old Boy with Massive Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Hypersplenism.
We present an 8-year-old boy who was referred to our center with the complaint of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and was diagnosed with hypersplenism and progressive esophageal varices. Performing a computerized tomography (CT) scan, we discovered a suspicious finding in the venography phase in favor of thrombosis in the splenic vein. Once complementary examinations were done and due to recurrent bleeding and band ligation failure, the patient underwent splenectomy. And during the one-year follow-up obvious improvement of the esophageal varices was observed in endoscopy.
Pediatric Gastroenterology Ward, Department of Pediatrics, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 9177948564, Iran.
Mohammad Ali
MA
Kiani
Department of Emergency Medicine, Imam Khomeini General Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz 6193673166, Iran.
Arash
A
Forouzan
Department of Emergency Medicine, Imam Khomeini General Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz 6193673166, Iran.
Kambiz
K
Masoumi
Department of Emergency Medicine, Imam Khomeini General Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz 6193673166, Iran.
Behnaz
B
Mazdaee
Medical Student Research Committee and Social Determinant of Health Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz 6193673166, Iran.
Mohammad
M
Bahadoram
Pediatric Gastroenterology Ward, Department of Pediatrics, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 9177948564, Iran.
Hamid Reza
HR
Kianifar
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 9177948564, Iran.
Hassan
H
Ravari