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Acute intrahepatic portal vein thrombosis complicating cholangitis in biliary atresia
C Cuffari1, E Seidman, J DuBois
1Service de Gastroentérologie-Nutrition, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montréal (Québec), Canada.
European Journal of Pediatrics
|March 1, 1997
Abstract
Unlabelled:
A 2-year-old boy with Kasai portoenterostomy had systemic features suggestive of cholangitis and acute portal vein obstruction. The rapid rise in portal pressure caused a transient, severe decompensation of hepatic function. A superior mesenteric arterial angiogram confirmed the presence of diffuse intrahepatic portal vein thrombosis.
Conclusion:
This case provides clinical and radiological evidence supporting an association between ascending cholangitis and acute intrahepatic portal vein thrombosis.