Portal biliopathy
Presentation
The patient has history of Crohn disease and history of splenectomy presented for follow up.
Patient Data
Age: 47 year old
Gender: Male
From the case:
Portal biliopathy
CT
Axial C+ portal venous phase
Cavernomatous transformation of the portal vein, with minimal intrahepatic biliary dilatation.
Cavernomatous transformation of the portal vein, with minimal intrahepatic biliary dilatation.
From the case:
Portal biliopathy
Annotated image
Cavernomatous transformation of the portal vein, with minimal intrahepatic biliary dilatation.
Case Discussion
Portal biliopathy is defined as biliary obstruction with enlarged collateral veins as a consequence to chronic portal vein occlusion.
The smooth appearance of the stenosis has been described as pseudosclerosing cholangitis or pseudocholangiocarcinoma 1.
The concomitant findings of Crohn disease is out of the scope of this description.
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