A case of extrahepatic portal vein aneurysm with massive thrombosis: diagnosis with reconstruction images from helical CT scans.
A patient with extrahepatic portal vein aneurysm with massive thrombosis, congenital in nature, is reported. Reconstructed images using curved reformation software and three-dimensional images from helical CT were useful to delineate the shape of the portal vein aneurysm and extension of the thrombi.
Tsukuda
S
S
Department of Radiology, Saitama Medical School, Japan.
Sugimoto
E
E
Watabe
T
T
Amanuma
M
M
Heshiki
A
A
D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D011169:Portal Vein; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*