An unusual presentation of extra-hepatic portal venous obstruction

Authors

  • Vidya Krishna
  • Padmasani Venkat Ramanan
  • Shuba Sankaranarayan
  • Krithika Prabaharan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32677/IJCH.2015.v02.i01.009

Keywords:

Complications, Extra-hepatic, Portal hypertension, Splenic infarct

Abstract

A 13-year-old girl presented with short duration of fever, left upper abdominal pain and massive tender splenomegaly. There was no evidence of liver dysfunction or significant history. Evaluation revealed multiple splenic infarcts with portal vein thrombosis. She developed splenic abscess and was managed conservatively with percutaneous drainage and antibiotics.

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Published

2015-02-27

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2015): January - March

Section

Case Reports

License

Copyright (c) 1970 Vidya Krishna, Padmasani Venkat Ramanan, Shuba Sankaranarayan, Krithika Prabaharan

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Krishna, V., Ramanan, P. V., Sankaranarayan, S., & Prabaharan, K. (2015). An unusual presentation of extra-hepatic portal venous obstruction. Indian Journal of Child Health, 2(1), 27-28. https://doi.org/10.32677/IJCH.2015.v02.i01.009