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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-2
pubmed:abstractText
Congenital porto-caval fistulas are uncommon vascular malformations with a varied clinical presentation beginning in infancy and spanning late adulthood. We report a 14-year-old male who presented with dyspnea and cough. His past medical history was significant for a chronic non-immune hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, coagulopathy and a learning disability. He was found to have severe pulmonary hypertension and hyperammonemia associated with a large congenital porto-caval fistula. The abnormal vessel was occluded via endovascular covered stent placement in the vena cava. His pulmonary hypertension has improved remarkably while his chronic anemia, thrombocytopenia and ammonia have normalized to allow improved cognitive performance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1099-0496
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
196-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The congenital porto-caval fistula: a unique presentation and novel intervention.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. whoover@Peds.UAB.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports