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  • Title: Treatment by splenectomy of a portal vein aneurysm in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis.
    Author: Mucenic M, Rocha Md Mde S, Laudanna AA, Cancado EL.
    Journal: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo; 2002; 44(5):261-4. PubMed ID: 12436166.
    Abstract:
    Portal vein aneurysm is a rare medical entity that can be caused by chronic hepatic diseases with portal hypertension. We describe a 45-year-old man with variceal bleeding from hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and an incidentally found intrahepatic aneurysm. Diagnosis was confirmed with non-invasive imaging exams, arteriography and liver biopsy. Following splenectomy, the aneurysm diameter decreased substantially.
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