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A case of a spontaneous splenorenal shunt associated with the nutcracker syndrome

BACKGROUND: Hypertension in the portal vein system stimulates the vascular system to develop a porto-caval collateral system, which occurs by adaptation of the already existing junctions between the porto-caval and the systemic circulation to changed conditions or by angiogenesis. CASE REPORT: We pr...

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Autores principales: Dołowy, Joanna, Stoinska, Anna, Kuśmierska, Małgorzata, Kuniej, Tomasz, Plucińska, Irena, Jaźwiec, Przemysław
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Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3389944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22802855
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author Dołowy, Joanna
Stoinska, Anna
Kuśmierska, Małgorzata
Kuniej, Tomasz
Plucińska, Irena
Jaźwiec, Przemysław
author_facet Dołowy, Joanna
Stoinska, Anna
Kuśmierska, Małgorzata
Kuniej, Tomasz
Plucińska, Irena
Jaźwiec, Przemysław
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description BACKGROUND: Hypertension in the portal vein system stimulates the vascular system to develop a porto-caval collateral system, which occurs by adaptation of the already existing junctions between the porto-caval and the systemic circulation to changed conditions or by angiogenesis. CASE REPORT: We present a case of a 42-year-old man with alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver and exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis, whose computed tomography of the abdominal cavity revealed a massive varicoid dilatation of a vein of the spleen with a splenorenal shunt and tortuous dilated venous vessels in the retroperitoneal space and mesentery. CONCLUSIONS: The unusual image of the mesenteric and retroperitoneal venous vessels in our patient resulted from the coexistence of collateral porto-systemic circulation and compression of the left renal vein.
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spelling pubmed-33899442012-07-16 A case of a spontaneous splenorenal shunt associated with the nutcracker syndrome Dołowy, Joanna Stoinska, Anna Kuśmierska, Małgorzata Kuniej, Tomasz Plucińska, Irena Jaźwiec, Przemysław Pol J Radiol Case Report BACKGROUND: Hypertension in the portal vein system stimulates the vascular system to develop a porto-caval collateral system, which occurs by adaptation of the already existing junctions between the porto-caval and the systemic circulation to changed conditions or by angiogenesis. CASE REPORT: We present a case of a 42-year-old man with alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver and exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis, whose computed tomography of the abdominal cavity revealed a massive varicoid dilatation of a vein of the spleen with a splenorenal shunt and tortuous dilated venous vessels in the retroperitoneal space and mesentery. CONCLUSIONS: The unusual image of the mesenteric and retroperitoneal venous vessels in our patient resulted from the coexistence of collateral porto-systemic circulation and compression of the left renal vein. International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3389944/ /pubmed/22802855 Text en © Pol J Radiol, 2011 This is an open access article. Unrestricted non-commercial use is permitted provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Dołowy, Joanna
Stoinska, Anna
Kuśmierska, Małgorzata
Kuniej, Tomasz
Plucińska, Irena
Jaźwiec, Przemysław
A case of a spontaneous splenorenal shunt associated with the nutcracker syndrome
title A case of a spontaneous splenorenal shunt associated with the nutcracker syndrome
title_full A case of a spontaneous splenorenal shunt associated with the nutcracker syndrome
title_fullStr A case of a spontaneous splenorenal shunt associated with the nutcracker syndrome
title_full_unstemmed A case of a spontaneous splenorenal shunt associated with the nutcracker syndrome
title_short A case of a spontaneous splenorenal shunt associated with the nutcracker syndrome
title_sort case of a spontaneous splenorenal shunt associated with the nutcracker syndrome
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3389944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22802855
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