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Partial Splenic Embolization: successful treatment of hypersplenism, secondary to biliary cirrhosis and portal hypertension in cystic fibrosis.

Aslanidou E, Fotoulaki M, Tsitouridis I, Nousia-Arvanitakis S

Fourth Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki Greece.

Partial Splenic Embolization (PSE) is a non-surgical treatment for hypersplenism. It has been reported only in a limited number of patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). We report a case of a female cystic fibrosis patient who developed hypersplenism at the age of 14 and underwent PSE. Long term results over a period of 14 years after the procedure are presented.

Published 23 April 2007 in J Cyst Fibros, 6(3): 212-4.
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