Secondly, patients with acute pancreatitis may present with gastric varices as a complication of a fundus of the stomach drain into the splenic vein, thrombosis of the splenic vein will result in increased pressure and engorgement of the short veins, leading to varices in the fundus of the stomach.
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Treatment of gastric varices can include injection of the varices with cyanoacrylate glue, or a radiological procedure to decrease the pressure in the portal vein, termed transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt or TIPS . Treatment with intravenous octreotide is also useful to shunt blood flow away from the stomach's circulation.
