Treatment by splenectomy of a portal vein aneurysm in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis

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 im...

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Main Authors: Marcos MUCENIC, Manoel de Souza ROCHA, Antônio Atílio LAUDANNA, Eduardo Luiz Rachid CANÇADO
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2002
Subjects:
Aneurysm
Portal hypertension
Portal vein
Schistosomiasis
Splenectomy
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/31f1454b868f4a5393aefbbc17901b22
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Summary: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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