PORTAL-VEIN CALCIFICATION AND ASSOCIATED BILIARY STRICTURE IN IDIOPATHIC PORTAL-HYPERTENSION (BANTIS-SYNDROME)

Authors
PICKHARDT PJ BALFE DM
Citation
Pj. Pickhardt et Dm. Balfe, PORTAL-VEIN CALCIFICATION AND ASSOCIATED BILIARY STRICTURE IN IDIOPATHIC PORTAL-HYPERTENSION (BANTIS-SYNDROME), Abdominal imaging, 23(2), 1998, pp. 180-182
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Abdominal imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
09428925
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
180 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0942-8925(1998)23:2<180:PCAABS>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We present a case of dense portal vein calcification with secondary ex trahepatic biliary stricture and cholangitis in an adult patient diagn osed with idiopathic portal hypertension at age three, Biliary ductal dilation proximal to echogenic shadowing foci near the porta hepatis m imicked choledocholithiasis on sonographic examination. Portal vein ca lcification and biliary stricture from portal venopathy each represent rare findings. The obstruction was successfully managed with biliary stenting.