Congenital intrahepatic arterioportal fistula presenting as severe undernutrition and chronic watery diarrhea in a 2-year-old girl

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Tannuri, Ana Cristina Aoun ^a   Tannuri, Uenis ^a   Lima, Fabiana Roberto ^a   Ricardi, Luiz Roberto Schlaich ^a   Leal, Antonio José Gonçalves ^a   da Silva, Marcos Marques ^a  

^a Pediatric Surgery Division   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arterioportal fistula; Congenital hepatoportal arteriovenous fistula; Congenital vascular malformation; Liver; Portal hypertension; Radiologic intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FISTULA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC ARTERY LIGATION; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC ARTERIOPORTAL FISTULA; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER RESECTION; MALNUTRITION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIGATION; PORTAL VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIPOMA;

EID: 70350059625     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.07.027     Document Type: Article

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