TY - JOUR
T1 - Acinar Cell Carcinoma of the Pancreas
T2 - A Rare Cause of Left‐Sided Portal Hypertension
AU - Sheen‐Chen, Shyr‐Ming ‐M
AU - Eng, Hock‐Liew ‐L
AU - Wan, Yung Liang
AU - Chou, Fong‐Fu ‐F
PY - 1991/8
Y1 - 1991/8
N2 - Isolated splenic vein obstruction with left‐sided portal hypertension is a rare clinical condition. Owing to the close relationship of the splenic vein and the pancreas, this rare phenomenon is usually secondary to pancreatic inflammation or neoplasm. Acinar cell carcinoma has long been recognized as a distinctive, rare type of pancreatic carcinoma. A case of isolated splenic vein obstruction with left‐sided portal hypertension secondary to acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas, which we are reporting here, is thought to the first documented in the literature.
AB - Isolated splenic vein obstruction with left‐sided portal hypertension is a rare clinical condition. Owing to the close relationship of the splenic vein and the pancreas, this rare phenomenon is usually secondary to pancreatic inflammation or neoplasm. Acinar cell carcinoma has long been recognized as a distinctive, rare type of pancreatic carcinoma. A case of isolated splenic vein obstruction with left‐sided portal hypertension secondary to acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas, which we are reporting here, is thought to the first documented in the literature.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1991.tb07217.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1991.tb07217.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 1858743
AN - SCOPUS:0025721171
SN - 0002-9270
VL - 86
SP - 1070
EP - 1072
JO - American Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - American Journal of Gastroenterology
IS - 8
ER -