Delayed Presentation of Porta Hepatis Injury Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma

A 73 year old lady developed abdominal pain, anaemia and obstructive jaundice 18 days after a road traffic accident. The jaundice was due to compression of the biliary confluence by a haematoma which was caused by a laceration of the left portal vein. The portal vein was repaired (lateral venorrhaph...

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Autores principales: Lau, L. L., Diamond, T.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1997
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2423870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9184880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1997/96710
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description A 73 year old lady developed abdominal pain, anaemia and obstructive jaundice 18 days after a road traffic accident. The jaundice was due to compression of the biliary confluence by a haematoma which was caused by a laceration of the left portal vein. The portal vein was repaired (lateral venorrhaphy) and post-operative recovery was uncomplicated. Porta hepatis injuries are difficult to diagnose and delayed presentation is not uncommon. Significant morbidity and mortality may ensue if aggressive management is not adopted.
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spelling pubmed-24238702008-07-08 Delayed Presentation of Porta Hepatis Injury Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma Lau, L. L. Diamond, T. HPB Surg Research Article A 73 year old lady developed abdominal pain, anaemia and obstructive jaundice 18 days after a road traffic accident. The jaundice was due to compression of the biliary confluence by a haematoma which was caused by a laceration of the left portal vein. The portal vein was repaired (lateral venorrhaphy) and post-operative recovery was uncomplicated. Porta hepatis injuries are difficult to diagnose and delayed presentation is not uncommon. Significant morbidity and mortality may ensue if aggressive management is not adopted. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1997 /pmc/articles/PMC2423870/ /pubmed/9184880 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1997/96710 Text en Copyright © 1997 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 Delayed Presentation of Porta Hepatis Injury Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma
title_full Delayed Presentation of Porta Hepatis Injury Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma
title_fullStr Delayed Presentation of Porta Hepatis Injury Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma
title_full_unstemmed Delayed Presentation of Porta Hepatis Injury Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma
title_short Delayed Presentation of Porta Hepatis Injury Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma
title_sort delayed presentation of porta hepatis injury following blunt abdominal trauma
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