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Percutaneous vascular intervention in acute mesenteric artery occlusion is often successful and may involve a combination of thrombus aspiration, thrombolysis and arterial stenting 5. [radiopaedia.org]

Infectious Complications of Injecting Drugs 2 HIV infection: Acute, AIDS Bloodborne hepatitis: C and B Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections: Abscess, cellulitis Pneumonia: Typical community pathogens, aspiration, Klebsiella pneumoniae, tuberculosis [ahcmedia.com]

Splenic infarction is a relatively uncommon diagnosis and this clinical presentation can mimic other causes of acute abdominal pain. [synapse.koreamed.org]

Evaluation of patients who present with abdominal pain requires a broad differential approach. [6] [7] [8] Lab evaluation my help rule in other causes of abdominal pain. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

They may become seriously ill and have severe abdominal pain because the superior mesenteric artery supplies a large part of the intestine. [merckmanuals.com]

Furthermore, there was now almost complete resolution of the abdominal pain. [jhoonline.biomedcentral.com]

Answer: LV thrombus with splenic thromboembolism This patient’s presentation of sudden onset of severe abdominal pain with hypodense splenic lesions suggests embolic splenic infarction. [ultrasoundoftheweek.com]

Focal splenic infarction may affect the overlying visceral peritoneum resulting in acute left upper quadrant pain particularly on respiration and movement. Causes of splenic infarction : *Sickle cell anaemia. *Leukaemia. *Bacterial endocardites. [medicalechography.com]

Patients with a splenic infarction may present with left upper quadrant pain. Some may have constitutional symptoms such as fevers and chills while others may even have diffuse abdominal pain 5,9. [radiopaedia.org]

The left upper quadrant pain secondary to splenic capsular distension resolved almost immediately. [oatext.com]

upper quadrant pain (33%) and fever and chills (27%). 8 The most common sign for splenic infarction is left upper quadrant tenderness, seen in 35% of patients. 8 Splenomegaly may be present in up to 10% of patients. [thepermanentejournal.org]

A patient with metastatic angiosarcoma to the spleen with acute abdominal distention and left upper quadrant pain. The CT (not shown) and ultrasound demonstrated an enlarged, heterogeneous spleen with new large abdominal ascites. [evtoday.com]

A fifty-three-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital with upper abdominal pain of sudden onset, which continued for 4-days, with complaints of nausea and vomiting. [synapse.koreamed.org]

Cases Patient 1 A 32-year-old diabetic woman on CAPD for 2 years was admitted for cloudy dialysate and left upper abdominal pain. [advancesinpd.com]

Case 2 A 27-year-old nonalcoholic male with sudden onset upper abdominal pain for two days had a sudden unexplained cardiovascular collapse. [jpgmonline.com]

Septic thromboemboli may result in splenic abscesses, which present with sepsis and left upper abdominal pain. [thehealthscience.com]

Postembolization syndrome of fever, left upper abdominal pain, nausea, and anorexia are extremely common after splenic artery embolization. All patients should be given patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for pain control. [evtoday.com]

Their observations were as follows: Mean age 52 years old 50% complained of localized left sided abdominal pain 36% had left sided abdominal tenderness 32% splenomegaly 31% had no signs or symptoms localized to the spleen area 36% had fever temperature [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Examination may show vague abdominal tenderness disproportionate to the severity of the pain, an abdominal bruit and signs of generalised cardiovascular disease. [patient.info]

Abdominal rebound tenderness was found on physical examination, especially on the left upper quadrant. [synapse.koreamed.org]

Once pneumoperitoneum is established, the splenocolic ligament is usually divided with ultrasonic shears. Next, the lesser sac is entered, and the short gastric vessels are divided. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Gastric fistula: Due to the intense inflammatory reaction that can accompany splenic abscess, the dissection of the spleen from the greater curve of the stomach can be difficult, and inadvertent unrecognized injuries to the greater curve of the stomach [sc.ehu.es]