creators_name: Bhatia, V creators_name: Panda, P creators_name: Sharma, S creators_name: Sood, S creators_id: drvikasbhatia@gmail.com creators_id: prashantpanda85@gmail.com editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2014-02-25 12:42:35 lastmod: 2014-02-25 12:42:35 metadata_visibility: show title: Portal Vein Aneurysm: Incidental Detection of Uncommon Entity as Cause of Chronic Abdominal Pain ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Portal vein; Aneurysm abstract: Portal vein aneurysm is an uncommon anomaly. Both congenital and acquired cases are reported. We report a case of idiopathic probably congenital portal vein aneurysm incidentally detected on contrast CT. There was no evidence of any chronic liver disease or portal hypertension in this patient. date: 2013-08-25 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 12 number: 2(20) publisher: Kakkilaya BS refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Ohnami Y, Ishida H, Konno K, Naganuma H, Hamashima Y, Zeniya A, et al. Portal vein aneurysm: report of six cases and review of the literature. Abdom Imaging 1997; 22:281–286. 2. Ozbek SS, Killi MR, Porbagher MA, Parildar M, Katranci N, Solak A. Portal venous system aneurysms:report of five cases. J Ultrasound Med. 1999;18:417–422. 3. Ohnishi K, Nakayama T, Saito M, Nomura F, Koen H, Tamaru J, et al. Aneurysm of the intrahepatic branch of the portal vein. Report of two cases. Gastroenterology. 1984;86:169–173. 4. Gallagher DM, Leiman S, Hux CH. In utero diagnosis of a portal vein aneurysm. J Clin Ultrasound. 1993;21:147–151. 5. Brock PA, Jordan PH, Barth MH, Rose AG. Portal vein aneurysm: a rare but important vascular condition. Surgery. 1997;121:105–108. 6. Fulcher A, Turner M. Aneurysms of the portal vein and superior mesenteric vein. Abdom Imaging. 1997;22:287–292. 7. Gallego C, Velasco M, Marcuello P, Tejedor D, De Campo L, Friera A. Congenital and Acquired Anomalies of the Portal Venous System. Radio Graphics 2002;22:141–159. citation: Bhatia, V and Panda, P and Sharma, S and Sood, S (2013) Portal Vein Aneurysm: Incidental Detection of Uncommon Entity as Cause of Chronic Abdominal Pain. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/9168/1/2013-2-20.pdf