Aneurysm of the Left Portal Branch

We describe the incidental finding of an aneurysm of the left branch of the portal vein in a patient without liver pathology. The diagnosis was confirmed by Doppler ultrasound. LEARNING POINTS: Portal vein aneurysms are rare but have been described in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension....

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Autores principales: Martínez, Diego, Belmonte, Maria Teresa, Kosny, Piotr, Gómez, Maria Rosario, Hellìn, Diego
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6346876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30756043
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2018_000868
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author Martínez, Diego
Belmonte, Maria Teresa
Kosny, Piotr
Gómez, Maria Rosario
Hellìn, Diego
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description We describe the incidental finding of an aneurysm of the left branch of the portal vein in a patient without liver pathology. The diagnosis was confirmed by Doppler ultrasound. LEARNING POINTS: Portal vein aneurysms are rare but have been described in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. In most cases they are stable and do not progress. However, they do require follow-up in case serious complications develop.
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spelling pubmed-63468762019-02-12 Aneurysm of the Left Portal Branch Martínez, Diego Belmonte, Maria Teresa Kosny, Piotr Gómez, Maria Rosario Hellìn, Diego Eur J Case Rep Intern Med Articles We describe the incidental finding of an aneurysm of the left branch of the portal vein in a patient without liver pathology. The diagnosis was confirmed by Doppler ultrasound. LEARNING POINTS: Portal vein aneurysms are rare but have been described in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. In most cases they are stable and do not progress. However, they do require follow-up in case serious complications develop. SMC Media Srl 2018-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6346876/ /pubmed/30756043 http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2018_000868 Text en © EFIM 2018 This article is licensed under a Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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title_short Aneurysm of the Left Portal Branch
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30756043
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2018_000868
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