Abstract

LANDAETA, N et al. Malformación de abernethy tipo 1: Presentación de un caso clínico y revisión de la literatura. Gen [online]. 2010, vol.64, n.4, pp.362-366. ISSN 0016-3503.

A 5-year old preschool male case is presented, with antecedent hepatosplenomegaly since one year old, who attended clinic consult with haematuria; abdominal echography was performed with the following findings: diffuse hypoecoic images on liver parenchyma, difficulties to assess the portal system, splenomegaly. Echo-Doppler of portal vein system evidenced the presence of portal vascular abnormality, no main portal vein was observed. A Multislice CT Angiography of the mesenteric and portal arterial-venous system was performed, which confirmed portal vein agenesis. Type-I Abernethy Malformation was diagnosed. The abdominal venous system’s malformations are rare vascular disturbances. The first event expressed by the portal vein congenital absence is evidenced by a caval-mesenteric shunt. Porta-Caval Shunt (PC-Shunts) are uncommon malformations described by Abernethy in 1973 that are classified into two groups as per the presence -Type II- or the absence -Type I- of portal vein. Type-I Abernethy Malformation is usually connected with other congenital abnormalities such as: heart defects, biliary tract atresia, and polysplenia, which are more frequent in females. Associated congenital abnormalities could not be found in males.

Keywords : Agenesis; portal vein; Abernethy malformation.