TY - JOUR
T1 - Prepancreatic postduodenal portal vein
T2 - a case report and review of the literature
AU - Goussous, Naeem
AU - Cunningham, Steven C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Author(s).
PY - 2017/1/4
Y1 - 2017/1/4
N2 - Background: Prepancreatic postduodenal portal vein is extremely rare, with only 13 cases reported in the literature. Case presentation: A 55-year-old white woman presented to our emergency department with abdominal pain. She underwent a computed tomography of her abdomen, which showed a portal vein coursing anterolaterally to her pancreas and posteriorly to the first portion of her duodenum, constituting a prepancreatic postduodenal portal vein. Imaging revealed choledocholithiasis, requiring endoscopic sphincterotomy, but due to a history of a gastric bypass procedure, she was lost to follow-up after being referred to an advanced endoscopist. This represents the 14th reported case of prepancreatic postduodenal portal vein. Conclusions: Awareness of this rare anomaly is paramount, and will help surgeons and interventional radiologists to avoid complications related to inadvertent injury to the portal vein, which could be life-threatening.
AB - Background: Prepancreatic postduodenal portal vein is extremely rare, with only 13 cases reported in the literature. Case presentation: A 55-year-old white woman presented to our emergency department with abdominal pain. She underwent a computed tomography of her abdomen, which showed a portal vein coursing anterolaterally to her pancreas and posteriorly to the first portion of her duodenum, constituting a prepancreatic postduodenal portal vein. Imaging revealed choledocholithiasis, requiring endoscopic sphincterotomy, but due to a history of a gastric bypass procedure, she was lost to follow-up after being referred to an advanced endoscopist. This represents the 14th reported case of prepancreatic postduodenal portal vein. Conclusions: Awareness of this rare anomaly is paramount, and will help surgeons and interventional radiologists to avoid complications related to inadvertent injury to the portal vein, which could be life-threatening.
KW - Anomaly
KW - Case report
KW - Literature review
KW - Pancreatic surgery
KW - Portal vein
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U2 - 10.1186/s13256-016-1165-3
DO - 10.1186/s13256-016-1165-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 28049511
AN - SCOPUS:85010039330
SN - 1752-1947
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Journal of Medical Case Reports
JF - Journal of Medical Case Reports
IS - 1
M1 - 2
ER -