Portal Vein Aneurysm: Incidental Detection of Uncommon Entity as Cause of Chronic Abdominal Pain

Portal Vein Aneurysm: Incidental Detection of Uncommon Entity as Cause of Chronic Abdominal Pain

Portal vein aneurysm is an uncommon anomaly. Both congenital and acquired cases are reported. We report a case of idiopathic probably congenital portal vein aneurysm incidentally detected on contrast CT. There was no e/o any chronic liver disease or portal hypertension in this patient.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vikas Bhatia, Prashant Panda, Sanjiv Sharma, Shikha Sood, Aruna Kumari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2013-08-01
Series:Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
Subjects:
Portal vein
Aneurysm
Online Access:http://www.ojhas.org/issue46/2013-2-20.html
Description
Summary:Portal vein aneurysm is an uncommon anomaly. Both congenital and acquired cases are reported. We report a case of idiopathic probably congenital portal vein aneurysm incidentally detected on contrast CT. There was no e/o any chronic liver disease or portal hypertension in this patient.
ISSN:0972-5997

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