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- Title
Portal cholangiopathy: case report.
- Authors
Almeida Maia, Maria Cecilia; Pimentel Amaro, Aline; Clarindo Oliveira, Edmundo; da Cunha Melo, José Renan; Dias Sanches, Marcelo; Pinto da Silva, Rogerio Augusto
- Abstract
The present report describes the case of a child that after blunt abdominal trauma presented with portal thrombosis followed by progressive splenomegaly and jaundice. Ultrasonography and percutaneous cholangiography revealed biliary dilatation secondary to choledochal stenosis caused by dilated peribiliary veins, characterizing a case of portal biliopathy. The present case report is aimed at presenting an uncommon cause of this condition.
- Subjects
THROMBOSIS; ULTRASONIC imaging; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; BLUNT trauma; JAUNDICE
- Publication
Radiologia Brasileira, 2014, Vol 47, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
0100-3984
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0100-39842014000100016