Congenital Intrahepatic Portosystemic Venous Shunt and Liver Mass in a Child Patient: Successful Endovascular Treatment with an Amplatzer Vascular Plug (AVP).
10.3348/kjr.2010.11.5.583
- Author:
Sae Ah LEE
1
;
Young Seok LEE
;
Kun Song LEE
;
Gyeong Sik JEON
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Chungcheongnam-do 330-715, Korea. hae0820@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Portosystemic shunt, surgical;
Liver neoplasm;
Radiology, interventional
- MeSH:
Child;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Hepatic Encephalopathy/*congenital/diagnosis/therapy;
Humans;
Liver Neoplasms/*congenital/diagnosis/therapy;
Male;
Portal Vein/*abnormalities;
*Septal Occluder Device;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color;
Ultrasonography, Interventional
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2010;11(5):583-586
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt is a rare anomaly; but, the number of diagnosed cases has increased with advanced imaging tools. Symptomatic portosystemic shunts, especially those that include hyperammonemia, should be treated; and various endovascular treatment methods other than surgery have been reported. Hepatic masses with either an intra- or extrahepatic shunt also have been reported, and the mass is another reason for treatment. Authors report a case of a congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt with a hepatic mass that was successfully treated using a percutaneous endovascular approach with vascular plugs. By the time the first short-term follow-up was conducted, the hepatic mass had disappeared.
