The Management of Extrahepatic Portal Vein Aneurysms: Observe or Treat?

A case of a 70 year old man who was found to have an extrahepatic portal vein aneurysm during an evaluation for hematuria is reported. Extrahepatic portal vein aneurysms are rare with only twenty cases reported in the literature. Typically, patients present with hemorrhage requiring surgical explora...

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Autores principales: Feliciano, Philip D., Cullen, Joseph J., Corson, John D.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1996
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2423846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9184867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/37169
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author Feliciano, Philip D.
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Corson, John D.
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description A case of a 70 year old man who was found to have an extrahepatic portal vein aneurysm during an evaluation for hematuria is reported. Extrahepatic portal vein aneurysms are rare with only twenty cases reported in the literature. Typically, patients present with hemorrhage requiring surgical exploration or the aneurysm is discovered during evaluation of another abdominal process. Management includes careful follow-up in the asymptomatic patient without underlying liver disease or portal hypertension.
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spelling pubmed-24238462008-07-08 The Management of Extrahepatic Portal Vein Aneurysms: Observe or Treat? Feliciano, Philip D. Cullen, Joseph J. Corson, John D. HPB Surg Research Article A case of a 70 year old man who was found to have an extrahepatic portal vein aneurysm during an evaluation for hematuria is reported. Extrahepatic portal vein aneurysms are rare with only twenty cases reported in the literature. Typically, patients present with hemorrhage requiring surgical exploration or the aneurysm is discovered during evaluation of another abdominal process. Management includes careful follow-up in the asymptomatic patient without underlying liver disease or portal hypertension. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1996 /pmc/articles/PMC2423846/ /pubmed/9184867 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/37169 Text en Copyright © 1996 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title The Management of Extrahepatic Portal Vein Aneurysms: Observe or Treat?
title_full The Management of Extrahepatic Portal Vein Aneurysms: Observe or Treat?
title_fullStr The Management of Extrahepatic Portal Vein Aneurysms: Observe or Treat?
title_full_unstemmed The Management of Extrahepatic Portal Vein Aneurysms: Observe or Treat?
title_short The Management of Extrahepatic Portal Vein Aneurysms: Observe or Treat?
title_sort management of extrahepatic portal vein aneurysms: observe or treat?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2423846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9184867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/37169
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