PREVALENCE OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL VARICES SUPPLIED BY INTRAHEPATIC PORTAL BRANCH

Authors
IWAO T TOYONAGA A KIM M SUMINO M IKEGAMI M OHO K IKEDA H MAJIMA Y SASAKI E TANIKAWA K
Citation
T. Iwao et al., PREVALENCE OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL VARICES SUPPLIED BY INTRAHEPATIC PORTAL BRANCH, Internal medicine, 32(6), 1993, pp. 462-464
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09182918
Volume
32
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
462 - 464
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1993)32:6<462:POGVSB>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The contribution of the intrahepatic portal branch to the gastroesopha geal varices is rare. This anomalous pathway (a large left intrahepati c portal branch) was proved by portographic study and by imaging techn iques in a 54-year-old man with cirrhosis. The overall prevalence of t his type of collateral in the literature is only 1.9% in 908 patients with portal hypertension. In addition, all are via the left portal ven ous branch. It may be speculated that the mechanism of this variation is due to dilatation of the rest of the intrahepatic portal system via a small anastomosis due to portal hypertension.