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Extrahepa tic Portal Vein Aneurysm

Diagnosis With Gray Scale and Color Duplex Sonography

Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, 1111 East McDowell Road, Phoenix, AZ 85006.

Wolfgang Dahnert, MD, RVT

Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona.

The following is a case report of an 80-year-old woman, who, to the authors' knowldge, is the oldest reported patient to have an extrahepatic portal vein aneurysm. As in this patient, most findings of this rare lesion are incidental. The authors made the presumptive diagnosis of a congenital etrrahepatic portal vein aneurysm based on the location, the absence of underlying lier, pancreatic, biliary duct, gall bladder disease, or any other apparent cause. Gray scale and color duplex sonography were used to make the diagnosis in this case.

Key Words: aneurysm • color duplex sonography • extrahepatic portal vein

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Vol. 12, No. 2, 93-96 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/857647939601200209


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