Pancreatic Disorders & Therapy
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-7092
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2165-7092
+44 1478 350008
Sho Kitagawa
Japan
Research Article
Gastric Varices Secondary to Splenic Vein Occlusion due to Pancreatic Diseases
Author(s): Takahiro Sato, Sho Kitagawa, Mutsuumi Kimura, Takumi Ohmura, Yoshiyasu Karino and Jouji ToyotaTakahiro Sato, Sho Kitagawa, Mutsuumi Kimura, Takumi Ohmura, Yoshiyasu Karino and Jouji Toyota
Gastric varices that arise secondary to splenic vein occlusion can result in hypersplenism or gastrointestinal hemorrhaging. This article review gastric varices secondary to splenic vein occlusion due to pancreatic diseases with regard to causes of the condition, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. Diagnosis of gastric varices is made following esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy, and splenic vein occlusions are diagnosed from enhanced computed tomographic scans in almost all cases. Specific findings of gastric varices secondary to splenic vein occlusion are based on endoscopic ultrasonographic color flow images of gastric variceal flow that clearly depicted round cardiac and fundal regions at the center, with varices expanding to the curvatura ventriculi major of the gastric body. Several treatment options for gastric variceal bleeding secondary to splenic vein occlusion have .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-7092.S3-001