Idiopathic Portal Hypertension.
10.3348/jkrs.1996.34.5.629
- Author:
Tae Kyun HAN
1
;
Dae Sik RYU
;
Heung Chul KIM
;
Hun HUR
;
Kyeung Tae EOM
;
Sook Nam KUNG
;
Man Soo PARK
;
Woo Chul HWANG
;
Kwan Seop LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Hypertension, portal;
Portography
- MeSH:
Fibrosis;
Humans;
Hypertension, Portal*;
Liver Cirrhosis;
Portography
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1996;34(5):629-632
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To discribe the radiologic findings of idiopathic portal hypertension and to find the points of differentiation between idiopathic portal hypertension and liver cirrhosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Four portogramsin five patients who for four years had suffered from pathologically confirmed idiopathic portal hypertension were retrospectively analyzed and compared with a portogram obtained from a cntrol subject with liver cirrhosis. RESULTS: Portographic findings of idiopathic portal hypertension were paucity of medium-sized portal branches, irregular and obtuse-angled division of peripheral branches, abrupt interruption and an avascular area beneath the liver margin. CONCLUSION: A portogram of idiopathic portal hypertension may be useful in differentiating this andliver cirrhosis.
