Asymptomatic Intrahepatic Portosystemic Venous Shunt: Case Report and Review of Literature
| Autor: | Lia Pontes de Melo, José Carlos Godeiro Junior, Germana Bastos Pontes, Mayanna Pinho Batista, Huylmer Lucena Chaves |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Cirrhosis business.industry medicine.disease Asymptomatic 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine Etiology Venous shunt Clinical case Radiology medicine.symptom Portosystemic shunt business Radiological imaging Shunt (electrical) |
| Zdroj: | Open Journal of Radiology. :1-9 |
| ISSN: | 2164-3032 2164-3024 |
| DOI: | 10.4236/ojrad.2019.91001 |
| Popis: | A spontaneous portosystemic shunt is a rare malformation of the liver vessels. The etiology of these shunts is controversial. They can be divided into acquired (most commonly associated with liver cirrhosis) and congenital. Vascular shunts are asymptomatic in the majority of the patients, and when symptomatic were presented by severe complications. The specific way of management can be selected depended on whether the patient was symptomatic or not, and also on the size of the shunt, shunt ratio and whether it was associated with cancer. We will present a clinical case and discuss the importance of the radiological imaging in the screening, diagnosis and follow up of these anomalies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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