Cavernous hemangioma with arterioportal and portosystemic shunts: precise diagnosis with dynamic multidetector computed tomography imaging.
Cavernous hemangiomas with shunt formations have been a recently recognized entity. Arterioportal (AP) shunts with cavernous hemangiomas have been described. However, a combination of AP and portosystemic (PS) shunts causing portal hypertension has not been previously demonstrated by computed tomography (CT) imaging. In this study, we report an atypical cavernous hemangioma associated with portal hypertension. Cavernous hemangioma with AP and PS shunts formations was precisely demonstrated with dynamic multidetector CT imaging.
Department of Radiology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey. korayhekim@yahoo.com.tr
Koray
K
Hekimoglu
Yucel
Y
Ustundag
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000098:blood supply / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*