Splenic vein thrombosis causes
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vindhya BellamKonda, M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Common causes of splenic vein thrombosis are pancreatitis, pancreatic pseudocyst, pancreatic carcinoma, lymphoma, adenopathy from metastatic cancer. Some iatrogenic causes include splenectomy, partial gastrectomy, distal spleno-renal shunt, Factor V Leiden mutation, prothrombin G20210A mutation.
Causes
Common causes of splenic vein thrombosis are: [1][2][3]
References
- ↑ Riva N, Ageno W (2017). “Approach to thrombosis at unusual sites: Splanchnic and cerebral vein thrombosis”. Vasc Med. 22 (6): 529–540. doi:10.1177/1358863X17734057. PMID 29202678.
- ↑ Hakim S, Bortman J, Orosey M, Cappell MS (2017). “Case report and systematic literature review of a novel etiology of sinistral portal hypertension presenting with UGI bleeding: Left gastric artery pseudoaneurysm compressing the splenic vein treated by embolization of the pseudoaneurysm”. Medicine (Baltimore). 96 (13): e6413. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000006413. PMC 5380253. PMID 28353569.
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