Mário Müller Lorenzato, Enrico Granzotto, André Della Barba Barros, Natasha Zacharias Arruda Silveira, Pedro Henrique Raffa de Souza
Radiol Bras 2009;42(3):199-201 - CASE REPORT
Aneurysms in the splenoportomesenteric system constitute a rare entity whose etiology is still to be determined. Predisponent factors include portal hypertension, chronic hepatic disease and trauma, among others. The authors present a case of an aneurysm at the splenomesenteric confluence where it joins the portal vein, in a female, 62-year-old patient with no predisponent factor.
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