ACUTE INTRAHEPATIC PORTAL-VEIN THROMBOSIS COMPLICATING CHOLANGITIS INBILIARY ATRESIA

Authors
CUFFARI C SEIDMAN E DUBOIS J BROCHU P ALVAREZ F
Citation
C. Cuffari et al., ACUTE INTRAHEPATIC PORTAL-VEIN THROMBOSIS COMPLICATING CHOLANGITIS INBILIARY ATRESIA, European journal of pediatrics, 156(3), 1997, pp. 186-189
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
European journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03406199
Volume
156
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
186 - 189
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-6199(1997)156:3<186:AIPTCC>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A 2-year-old boy with a Kasai portoenterostomy had systemic features s uggestive of cholangitis and acute portal vein obstruction. The rapid rise in portal pressure caused a transient, severe decompensation of h epatic function. A superior mesenteric arterial angiogram confirmed th e presence of diffuse intrahepatic portal vein thrombosis. Conclusion This case provides clinical and radiological evidence supporting an as sociation between ascending cholangitis and acute intrahepatic portal vein thrombosis.