Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia simulating biliary tree obstruction secondary to malignant porta hepatis lymphadenopathy.
Hereditary telangiectasis is an uncommon condition and is thus not usually considered in the differential diagnosis of porta hepatis lymphadenopathy causing biliary tree obstruction. The present case illustrates a patient in whom tortuous vessels in the porta hepatis simulated masses on delayed contrast-enhanced CT with subsequent referral for biopsy.
Robertson
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Department of Medical Imaging, Canberra Hospital, Garran, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Mouratidis
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Guduguntla
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D000368:Aged; D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography