Sinistral portal hypertension associated with pancreatic pseudocysts - ultrasonography findings: A case report.

paythelady.612 shared this article with you from Inoreader Sinistral portal hypertension associated with pancreatic pseudocysts - ultrasonography findings: A case report. Μέσω pubmed: "world j clin cases"... Related Articles Sinistral portal hypertension associated with pancreatic pseudocysts - ultrasonography findings: A case report. World J Clin Cases. 2021 Jan 16;9(2):463-468 Authors: Chen BB, Mu PY, Lu JT, Wang G, Zhang R, Huang DD, Shen DH, Jiang TT Abstract BACKGROUND: Sinistral portal hypertension associated with pancreatic pseudocysts is rare, often caused by extrinsic compression of splenic vein, the follow-up examinations by ultrasonography for early diagnosis are quietly necessary since haematemesis, a life-threatening condition. Few studies have reported the ultrasonography findings of sinistral portal hypertension. CASE SUMMARY: A 52-year-old man presented with acute abdominal pain after drinking, steatorrhea, weight loss and accidentally melena in the past 2 mo. He underwent ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in other hospital and diagnosed with pancreatic pseudocysts. Ultrasonography imaging, in our department, appeared as cystic heterogeneous hypoechoic area with the size of 4.7 cm × 3.8 cm that located posterior to the body and tail of pancreas, adjacent to splenic vein associated with thrombosis resulted from compression. Spleen incrassated to approximately 7.3 cm, but no dilation of main portal vein was presented. Color Doppler Flow Imaging demonstrated the formation of splenic venous collateral, nevertheless no significantly flow signals was observed in splenic vein. Pulsed Doppler revealed that the peak velocity of splenic venous collateral was 18.4 cm/s with continuous waveform. Laparotomy confirmed sinistral portal hypertension associated with pancreatic pseudocysts, su bsequently distal pancreatectomy combined with splenectomy and partial gastrectomy was performed. CONCLUSION: It's important clinically to know the ultrasound appearance of sinistral portal hypertension associated with pancreatic pseudocysts for sonographer and physician. PMID: 33521116 [PubMed] View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.