Splenic abscess--a possible complication of endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy
Nagral, A.; Nagral, S.S.; Abraham, P.; Vora, I.
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology Official Journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology 12(2): 56-57
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0254-8860 PMID: 8340143 Document Number: 406909
Endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy, though a safe and effective therapy for esophageal varices, is not devoid of local and distant complications. We report a patient with postnecrotic cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus who developed a splenic abscess while on a sclerotherapy program. The abscess may have been a consequence of retrograde thrombosis of the portal venous system or of bacteremia following sclerotherapy.