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An Unusual Reason for Gastric Variceal Hemorrhage: Wandering Spleen

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Wandering spleen is the displacement of the spleen due to the loss or weakening of the ligaments of the spleen and is seen very rarely with an incidence of less than 0.5 %. It can cause portal hypertension, but gastric variceal hemorrhage is a quite rare condition within the spectrum of this uncommon disease. We report a 22-year-old woman with wandering spleen presenting with life-threatening gastric variceal hemorrhage. Her diagnosis was made by computerized tomography. Endoscopic therapy was not adequate to stop the bleeding, and urgent splenectomy was performed. After surgery she has been well with no symptoms until now.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey

    Hüseyin Köseoğlu & Osman Ersoy

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara Ataturk Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Roni Atalay, Naciye Şemnur Büyükaşık, Tevfik Solakoğlu, Fatma Ebru Akın, Aylin Demirezer Bolat & Öykü Tayfur Yürekli

  3. Department of Radiology, Ankara Ataturk Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Murat Canyiğit

  4. Department of General Surgery, Ankara Ataturk Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Mehmet Özer

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Köseoğlu, H., Atalay, R., Büyükaşık, N.Ş. et al. An Unusual Reason for Gastric Variceal Hemorrhage: Wandering Spleen. Indian J Surg 77 (Suppl 2), 750–751 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-013-0993-2

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