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From: Laparoscopic splenectomy for a wandering spleen complicating gastric varices: report of a case

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Abdominal contrast-enhanced multidetector CT imaging. (a) The isolated gastric varices on the gastric fornix. (b) The vascular pedicle showing a whirled appearance. (c) Displacement of the spleen in the lower abdomen with homogenous enhancement. (d) 3D-CT construction with vessel components. Disruption of the splenic vein at the pancreatic tail is observed in the dot square which was depicted without the arterial component in the solid square. Light blue: hepatic portal vein, splenic vein, and superior mesenteric vein. Light red: aorta, splenic artery, and small vessels in the pancreatic parenchyma. Green: collateral veins. Red: spleen.

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