title: Treatment by splenectomy of a portal vein aneurysm in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis.
abstract: Portal vein aneurysm is a rare medical entity that can be caused by chronic hepatic diseases with portal hypertension. We describe a 45-year-old man with variceal bleeding from hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and an incidentally found intrahepatic aneurysm. Diagnosis was confirmed with non-invasive imaging exams, arteriography and liver biopsy. Following splenectomy, the aneurysm diameter decreased substantially.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brasil. mmucenic@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mucenic
authors.forename: Manoel de Souza
authors.initials: Mde S
authors.lastname: Rocha Md
authors.forename: Antônio Atílio
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Laudanna
authors.forename: Eduardo Luiz Rachid
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Cancado
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000150:complications*; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery