GI

• Keywords:: Step 3, Medicine

MKSAP

• Disorders of the Esophagus
• Disorders of the Stomach and Duodenum
• Disorders of the Pancreas
• Disorders of the Small and Large Bowel
• Colorectal Neoplasia
• Disorders of the Liver
• Disorders of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts
• Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Upper GI

• Esophagitis
• Pernicious Anemia
• sharp object ingestion
• celiac trunk blood supplies
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splenic vein thrombosis

• related: GI, portal vein thrombosis

This patient presenting with gastrointestinal hemorrhage and isolated gastric varices in the setting of prior pancreatitis likely has splenic vein thrombosis (SVT). Most patients with SVT have a history of acute or chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer. Thrombosis occurs as the splenic vein runs along the posterior surface