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- Title
Congenital extrahepatic portal vein aneurysm.
- Authors
Giavroglou, C.; Xinou, E.; Fotiadis, N.
- Abstract
Portal vein aneurysm is a rare clinical entity, with only 41 published cases in the English-language literature. Twenty-five of them were congenital. We present the case of a 50-year-old woman who was incidentally diagnosed with a congenital extrahepatic portal vein aneurysm during an investigation for dyspepsia. Ultrasonographic features are described with correlation of computed tomographic and magnetic resonance findings. Etiology, clinical significance, and management strategies for these lesions are discussed and a review of the literature regarding this entity is presented.
- Subjects
PORTAL vein diseases; ANEURYSMS; INDIGESTION; GASTROINTESTINAL diseases; DISEASES in older women; ULTRASONIC imaging
- Publication
Abdominal Imaging, 2006, Vol 31, Issue 2, p241
- ISSN
0942-8925
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00261-005-0142-x