Acute gastrointestinal bleeding due to oesophageal varices: an unusual case of a thoracic spleen

Intensive Care Med. 2010 Feb;36(2):375-6. doi: 10.1007/s00134-009-1696-9. Epub 2009 Oct 21.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / complications
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / complications*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / complications*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Spleen / physiopathology*
  • Thorax
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed