Spontaneous splenoazygos shunt in a patient with portal hypertension: an exceedingly rare occurrence

• Filipa Figueiredo ^[1] ; João Costa ^[1] ; Raquel Lameiras ^[1] ; Miguel Ramalho ^[1]
  1. [1] Hospital Garcia de Orta

     Hospital Garcia de Orta

     Almada, Portugal

     
• Localización: Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas, ISSN-e 2340-4167, ISSN 1130-0108, Vol. 111, Nº. 8, 2019, págs. 637-638
• Idioma: inglés
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  • We present a case of a spontaneous splenoazygos shunt in a patient with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension, detected by abdominal magnetic resonance imaging. Multiplanar reconstruction demonstrated communication of the splenic vein with the azygos vein that was dilated with a winding course along the mediastinum. This pathway for decompression of the portal vein is an exceedingly rare occurrence.