Avicenna Journal of Medicine (Apr 2014)

Preoperative splenic artery embolization in klippel-Trenaunay syndrome with massive splenomegaly: A case report

  • Zishu Zhang,
  • Narasimham L Dasika,
  • Michael J Englesbe,
  • Scott R Owens,
  • Ranjith Vellody,
  • Paula M Novelli,
  • James J Shields

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/2231-0770.130345
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 04, no. 02
pp. 40 – 43

Abstract

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The authors describe a case of Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) with massive splenomegaly in a 29-year-old woman. Preoperative splenic artery embolization using the "double embolization technique" (a combination of distal selective splenic artery embolization and proximal splenic artery occlusion) facilitated open splenectomy.

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