Intrahepatic Portosystemic Venous Shunt Presenting as a Cystic Mass in a Patient without Liver Cirrhosis: A Case Report.
- Author:
Jun Ho KIM
1
;
Yong Sun JEON
;
Soon Gu CHO
;
Kyung Hee LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Inha University, School of Medicine, Korea. radjeon@inha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Portosystemic venous shunt, Intraheaptic shunt, Liver, US;
Liver, CT
- MeSH:
Hepatic Encephalopathy;
Humans;
Liver;
Liver Cirrhosis;
Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical;
Rare Diseases
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Medical Ultrasound
2009;28(2):127-130
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Intrahepatic portosystemic shunt is a rare disease that requires an accurate diagnosis because the lesion may be associated with hepatic encephalopathy and an invasive and expansive examination might be unnecessarily conducted. A cystic mass on an ultrasound examination in a patient without liver cirrhosis was diagnosed as an intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt by using color Doppler imaging and computed tomography. We report here on the radiologic features of a congenital intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt in a noncirrhotic liver.
