Prevention of life-threatening bleeding complication from splenic venous ectasia by B-mode-, color Doppler- and contrast-enhanced ultrasound in a patient with ALL

Affiliations

Martin Evelyn: Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Görg Christian: Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Alhyari Amjad: Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Zadeh Ehsan Safai: Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Findeisen Hajo: Department of Internal Medicine, Red Cross Hospital, Bremen, Germany
Trenker Corinna: Department of Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Abstract

Spontaneous splenic rupture is a serious complication of pathologically altered spleen tissue, associated with a high mortality rate.