Spontaneous rupture and thrombosis of an intrahepatic portal vein aneurysm.
Aneurysm of the portal venous system, a localized fusiform or saccular dilatation, is a rare clinical abnormality. Most aneurysms are located in the extrahepatic segment and rarely in intrahepatic branches. Portal vein aneurysms are usually uncomplicated and asymptomatic and detected incidentally during diagnostic work-up. We describe a case of a bleeding intrahepatic portal vein aneurysm studied with ultrasonography, color Doppler, computed tomography, and percutaneous transhepatic portography in a noncirrhotic patient. Although there are 43 published cases of portal vein aneurysm in the English-language literature, neither rupture and spontaneous thrombosis of an intrahepatic portal vein aneurysm nor its nonsurgical conservative treatment has been reported.
Okur
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Department of Radiology, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, 01330, Balcali, Adana, Turkey.
Inal
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Akgül
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Demircan
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D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*