title: [Spontaneous intrahepatic porto-cava shunt associated with chronic pericarditis. A case report].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Spontaneous intrahepatic portosystemic shunts are rare vascular anomalies that consist of a communication between the portal system and the systemic venous circulation. We report a case of a porto-caval shunt associated with chronic pericarditis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 47-year-old patient with post pericarditis cirrhosis and without encephalopathy and hypoglycaemia. The shunt was tubular in its initial segment and aneurismal just before joining the vena cava.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Spontaneous intrahepatic portosystemic shunt is a rare anomaly. Diagnosis can be made by Doppler ultrasound and helical CT.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Kais
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nouira
authors.forename: Alifa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daghfous
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maamouri
authors.forename: Abdessalem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salem
authors.forename: Emna
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Menif
authors.forename: Imed
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cheikh
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ben Mami
authors.forename: Rachid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Slim
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000150:complications*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology*