All issues > Volume 30(4); 1987

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1987;30(4):416-421. Published online April 30, 1987.

A Case of Congestive Splenomegaly(Banti Syndrome) with Hypersplenism.

Hyun Mo Cheong¹, Jae Kwang Hong¹, Joon Taek Park¹, Jung Sik Min¹, Chang Hee Choi¹, Seung Hye Ahn², Sang Chull Kim²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Seoul Adventist Hospital
²Department of Clinical Pathology,Seoul Adventist Hospital

Abstract

The authors experienced a case of hypersplenism in a 12 year-old male patient with the chief complaints of nasal bleeding and palpable mass on LUQ of abdomen. The patient had splenomegaly, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia. He had high portal venous pressure of about 340 mmH20 and the splenoportography showed non-visualized portal vein and tortuous vessels suggesting portal vein obstruction. Splenectomy was done and his symptoms and signs were corrected. The authors presented a case of congestive splenomegaly (Banti syndrome) and reviewed the referential literatures.

Keywords :Congestive splenomegaly (Banti syndrome); Hypersplenism.