Treatment by Splenectomy of a Portal Vein Aneurysm in Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis

Overview

Journal Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo

Specialty Tropical Medicine

Date 2002 Nov 19

PMID 12436166

Citations 6

Authors

Marcos Mucenic

Manoel de Souza Rocha Md

Antonio Atilio Laudanna

Eduardo Luiz Rachid Cancado

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Abstract

Portal vein aneurysm is a rare medical entity that can be caused by chronic hepatic diseases with portal hypertension. We describe a 45-year-old man with variceal bleeding from hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and an incidentally found intrahepatic aneurysm. Diagnosis was confirmed with non-invasive imaging exams, arteriography and liver biopsy. Following splenectomy, the aneurysm diameter decreased substantially.

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