[Idiopathic intrahepatic portosytemic shunts in 4 children]

Arch Pediatr. 2006 Mar;13(3):251-5. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2005.11.013. Epub 2006 Jan 4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Intrahepatic portosystemic anastomoses are macroscopic communications between the venous portal system and the systemic circulation and located partly in the liver. We report 4 new cases of type II shunts, which illustrate the circumstances of the diagnosis of these exceptional anomalies. For 2 children, the diagnosis was done antenataly by US and spontaneous involution in a few months was observed. In the third case the malformation was evidenced fortuitously at 3 weeks of life, and this 6-year-old child remains completely asymptomatic so far. Then, in the fourth case, a cerebral venous thrombosis was fortuitously and antenatally evidenced in an otherwise uneventful pregnancy and portosystemic shunt was demonstrated postnataly in the extensive work up of the neonate.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hepatic Veins / abnormalities*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intracranial Thrombosis / complications
  • Intracranial Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Male
  • Portal System / abnormalities*
  • Portal Vein / abnormalities*
  • Time Factors
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal
  • Vascular Fistula* / complications