Massive Gastric Variceal Bleeding in a Patient with Chronic Pancreatitis
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Left-sided portal hypertension (LSPH), Pancreatitis, Gastric varices, Bleeding, EmbolizationAbstract
We present a case of a 45-year-old male patient with history of repetitive chronic pancreatitis exacerbations, who was hospitalized because of the severe gastric variceal bleeding and hemorrhagic shock, developed as a complication of the splenic vein thrombosis and LSPH.
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