Portal venous system aneurysms: report of five cases.
Articles > Article · 1999
Authors: Süha Süreyya ÖZBEK, MAHMUT REFİK KİLLİ, M ALİ POURBAGHER, Mustafa PARILDAR, NURETTIN KATRANCI, AYNUR SOLAK
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 1999, vol 18, pp 417-422
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.6.417
Summary
Until recently aneurysms in the portal venous system were considered to be very rare lesions. This opinion has largely been changed by the increasing number of cases reported in recent years. In this paper we report the cases of five patients with portal venous system aneurysms, including one with splenic vein aneurysm. One patient had associated portal hypertension. The reexamination of two patients 2 years later showed no change in the aneurysms. The sonographic features and related literature are reviewed. In the light of this series and the information in the literature, we recommend that portal venous system aneurysms should no longer be considered exceptionally rare entities.