MASSIVE SPLENIC INFARCTION IN CIRRHOSIS - REPORT OF A CASE WITH SPONTANEOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF HYPERSPLENISM

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  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 71  (2) , 308-310
Abstract
A cirrhotic patient with massive splenic infarction is described. Celiac angiography showed normally opacified splenic artery and vein and a markedly enlarged spleen with large avascular zones. Splenic infarction was associated with the spontaneous disappearance of a syndrome of hypersplenism. The spleen was surgically removed. Histological examination showed multiple thromboses of the small arterial and venous vessels. The cause of this infarct remained unclear.

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