Imaging and radiological interventions in extra-hepatic portal vein obstruction

Extra hepatic portal venous obstruction

Growth assessment in children with extra-hepatic portal vein obstruction and portal hypertension.

BACKGROUND Several studies carried out to examine the growth of children with extra-hepatic portal vein obstruction and portal hypertension have reported a variety of findings. AIM To assess anthropometric indices in children with portal hypertension due to extra-hepatic portal vein obstruction and who were treated by endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy. METHODS Anthropometric data were obtai...

Extra Hepatic Portal Venous Obstruction in Children

Portal hypertension is the commonest cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in children and up to 30% of cases with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage can be fatal. Extrahepatic portal venous obstruction (EHPVO) is the commonest cause of portal hypertension in children and also one of the common causes in adults in India and other tropical countries (Arora, 1998; Poddar, 2008; Poddar 2000). In...

Extra hepatic portal vein obstruction leading to variceal bleed due to portal hypertension.

Portal Hypertension can be due to many causes other than cirrhosis. We report a case of extra hepatic portal vein obstruction leading to portal hypertension and varices, managed successfully by creating a Porto Caval shunt.

Extra-hepatic portal vein obstruction and type 1 diabetes in a child: a co-incidence or causal association?

Case report An eight year old boy presented with polyuria and polydipsia for 1 month. On examination, liver was not palpable but spleen was enlarged (6cm). Blood sugar was 460 mg/dl and type1 DM was confirmed. Ultrasonography showed portal vein cavernoma with normal liver and pancreas. Endoscopy revealed grade 2 esophageal varices. Thus diagnosis of EHPVO with portal hypertension was also confi...