Prepancreatic Postduodenal Portal Vein: A Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.2005.53.6.435
- Author:
Young Jin JUNG
1
;
Sang Jin LEE
;
Seung Boo YANG
;
Won Kyu PARK
;
Jay Chun CHANG
;
Jae Woon KIM
;
Han Won JANG
;
Jae Kyo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Gumi Hospital, Korea. wkpark@yumail.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Portal vein, CT;
Portal vein, anatomy
- MeSH:
Adult;
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic;
Duodenum;
Female;
Head;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Ligation;
Portal Vein*;
Portography;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
2005;53(6):435-439
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Prepancreatic postduodenal portal vein (PPPV) is a rare anomaly in which the portal vein runs between the pancreatic head and the duodenum. Understanding of this portal vein anomaly is important to avoid devastating complications, including portal vein ligation, resection or intraoperative hemorrhage. A 28-year-old female patient presented with right upper quadrant pain that she had suffered with for 2 days. Before performing laparoscopic cholecystectomy, we detected an abnormal shaped portal vein that ran in front of the pancreatic head and posterior to the duodenum on the CT scan. We report here on a rare case of prepancreatic postduodenal portal vein that was incidentally discovered on the CT axial images and coronally reformated images, in addition to observing it on the conventional portography.
