[Microwave ablation of the spleen: An easy and gentle method for treatment of secondary splenomegaly in children. A case report]. / Mikrovågsablation en skonsam metod vid splenomegali hos barn.
Lakartidningen
; 1182021 09 16.
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en Sv
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| ID: mdl-34533787
ABSTRACT
Portal hypertension (PHT) in children may be caused by many different liver and vascular diseases and can lead to life threatening complications such as splenomegaly with thrombocytopenia. The treatment of choice for symptomatic splenomegaly is Partial Splenic Embolization (PSE) which is effective but painful, and therefore not offered to children younger than 10 years of age at the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm. Percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA) is a well-established method in adults for the treatment of tumors in the liver and other organs. It has been used for the treatment of secondary splenomegaly in adults, but to the best of our knowledge MWA for treatment of pediatric splenomegaly has not been studied. We present a successful case report of MWA of the spleen in a young boy with splenomegaly and thrombocytopenia due to liver cirrhosis and PHT.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Esplenomegalia
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Hipertensión Portal
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
Límite:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Sv
Revista:
Lakartidningen
Año:
2021
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Article