Pulmonary hypertension due to micro-thromboembolism from splenic and portal veins after portacaval anastomosis

Br Heart J. 1970 Mar;32(2):269-71. doi: 10.1136/hrt.32.2.269.

Abstract

This is a presentation of a unique case of pulmonary hypertension in a 15-year-old girl, due to micro-thromboembolism from splenoportal veins through a portacaval anastomosis.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Angiography
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Hepatomegaly / complications
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology*
  • Portacaval Shunt, Surgical*
  • Portal Vein
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Spleen / diagnostic imaging
  • Splenic Vein
  • Splenomegaly / complications
  • Thromboembolism / complications*
  • Thromboembolism / drug therapy

Substances

  • Anticoagulants