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Splenic vein thrombosis causes
Introduction
Overview
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.
References
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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