Splenomegaly and left sided portal hypertension

Results: Thirty four out of 53 patients of the study, underwent both endoscopy and US investigations, 9 underwent endoscopy only and 10 underwent only US examination. Fourteen out of 34 patients (i.e. 43%) had endoscopic findings of varices or congestive gastropathy and 15 out of 34 (i.e. 44%) had abnormal circulation around the spleen in the ultrasound examination. Among the 19 patients who underwent either endoscopy or ultrasonography only there were 8 patients with positive findings (4 in the endoscopy group and 4 in the US group).