Aneurysm of the extrahepatic portal vein associated with segmental portal hypertension and spontaneous porto-caval shunting through the inferior mesenteric vein.
A case of a congenital aneurysm of the extrahepatic portal vein is reported. It was complicated by segmental portal hypertension of the territory of the inferior mesenteric vein, which was a pathway for spontaneous porto-caval shunting.
Savastano
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Istituto di Radiologia, Università degli Studi, Padova, Italy.
Feltrin
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GP
Morelli
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I
Miotto
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D
Chiesura-Corona
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M
El Khatib
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AB
D000293:Adolescent; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000503:physiopathology; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography; D012039:Regional Blood Flow