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  • Title: An unusual case of ascites.
    Author: Capuano G, Pomponi D, Iaccarino V, Budillon G.
    Journal: Dig Liver Dis; 2004 Sep; 36(9):628-31. PubMed ID: 15460848.
    Abstract:
    A 76-year-old woman with abdominal pain and diarrhoea developed ascites that did not respond to treatment. There were no signs of liver damage. Abdominal ultrasonography with colour Doppler revealed an arterial-like flow in the enlarged splenic vein. Using selective mesenteric arteriography, we were able to diagnose a shunt between the inferior mesenteric artery and the inferior mesenteric vein. This is an unusual case of ascites due to prehepatic portal hypertension secondary to an extrahepatic arterioportal fistula.
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