Braga A M, Baldacci M P, Caruso S, Bonardi G, Wizemann G, Carnevali G, Moroni M, Facchetti S
II Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Unità Socio-Sanitaria Locale N. 70, Legnano.
Chir Ital. 1992 Jun-Aug;44(3-4):174-9.
A splenic arteriovenous fistula is a situation often presenting with signs of portal hypertension and with a characteristic murmur. Though rare, the possibility of a splenic arteriovenous fistula must be borne in mind in differential diagnosis, since it can be corrected surgically by resolving the portal hypertension.