Prepancreatic portal vein in a patient with intestinal nonrotation: report of a case

J Gastrointest Surg. 2010 Apr;14(4):729-31. doi: 10.1007/s11605-009-1138-6.

Abstract

Prepancreatic portal vein is an extremely rare congenital anomaly. It is even rarer in the setting of intestinal nonrotation. We report a case of prepancreatic portal vein in a 71-year-old female with nonrotation who presented with a pancreatic adenocarcinoma in the tail of the pancreas who underwent a distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy. This anomaly was identified prior to surgery on CT scan of the abdomen.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy, Fine-Needle
  • Endosonography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pancreatectomy
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Portal Vein / abnormalities*
  • Splenectomy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed