Congenital splenorenal venous shunt detected by prenatal ultrasonography

Splenorenal venous shunt is a type of portosystemic shunt usually observed in patients with portal hypertension, mesenteric adhesion due to prior surgery, and abdominal trauma. Congenital splenorenal venous shunt is extremely rare, and only four cases of congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt w...

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Published in:Journal of ultrasound in medicine 1999-06, Vol.18 (6), p.437-439
Main Authors: Ji, E K, Yoo, S J, Kim, J H, Cho, K S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion, Spontaneous
Adult
Angiography
Biological and medical sciences
Blood vessels
Female
Fetal Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Fetal monitoring
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Management. Prenatal diagnosis
Medical imaging
Medical sciences
Pregnancy
Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta
Renal Veins - abnormalities
Renal Veins - diagnostic imaging
Splenic Vein - abnormalities
Splenic Vein - diagnostic imaging
Surgery
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
Vascular Fistula - congenital
Vascular Fistula - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:Splenorenal venous shunt is a type of portosystemic shunt usually observed in patients with portal hypertension, mesenteric adhesion due to prior surgery, and abdominal trauma. Congenital splenorenal venous shunt is extremely rare, and only four cases of congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt were reported in the English literature, one of which was a splenorenal venous shunt. In all of these previously reported cases, the shunt was diagnosed at a relatively older age, when the patients developed symptoms and signs of portosystemic encephalopathy. We report a case of splenorenal shunt detected by fetal sonography and confirmed by autopsy and specimen angiography after spontaneous abortion.
ISSN:0278-4297
1550-9613
DOI:10.7863/jum.1999.18.6.437