Persistent hepatic venous plexus in a patient with Sturge-Weber syndrome.
A patient with extensive facial and intracranial features of Sturge-Weber syndrome was found to have a persistent primitive hepatic venous plexus, characterized by three additional vessels arising from the inferior vena cava, circulating between liver segments, which formed a common trunk in the supra-hepatic region that flowed into the right atrium. To the best of our knowledge, this hepatic finding has not been previously described in association with Sturge-Weber syndrome.
Gajinov
Z
Z
Clinic for Dermatovenereology, Clinical Centre Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia. gajinovz@neobee.net
Misić-Pavkov
G
G
Matić
M
M
Duran
V
V
Adić
O
O
Duran
B
B
Ivkov
M
M
Poljacki
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D013341:Sturge-Weber Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities