ISSN:
1435-5922
Keywords:
portal vein aneurysm
;
AV malformation
;
vascular malformation
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Portal vein aneurysm (PVA) includes focal dilatation of the portal vein, and was formerly thought to be a rare disease. We report a 46-year-old man with chronic aggressive hepatitis and intrahepatic portal vein ancurysm communicating with the hepatic vein. Hemangiomas in the liver and intracranial arteriovenous malformation (AVM) were also found. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a case of PVA in a patient with congenital intracranial AVM. As the PVA in this patient communicated with the hepatic vein, and as hemangiomas in the liver and intracranial AVM were also present, the pathogenesis in this patient seems to have been congenital anomaly of the vasculature.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02349287
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