TITLE:
Asymptomatic Intrahepatic Portosystemic Venous Shunt: Case Report and Review of Literature
AUTHORS:
Huylmer Lucena Chaves, Mayanna Pinho Batista, Germana Bastos Pontes, Lia Pontes de Melo, José Carlos Godeiro Junior
KEYWORDS:
Intrahepatic Portosystemic Venous Shunt, Venous Shunt, Portal Vein, Ultrasound
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Radiology,
Vol.9 No.1,
January
7,
2019
ABSTRACT: A spontaneous portosystemic shunt is a rare malformation of the liver vessels. The etiology of these shunts is controversial. They can be divided into acquired (most commonly associated with liver cirrhosis) and congenital. Vascular shunts are asymptomatic in the majority of the patients, and when symptomatic were presented by severe complications. The specific way of management can be selected depended on whether the patient was symptomatic or not, and also on the size of the shunt, shunt ratio and whether it was associated with cancer. We will present a clinical case and discuss the importance of the radiological imaging in the screening, diagnosis and follow up of these anomalies.