Patent ductus venosus with hypoplastic right hepatoportal system in a young child born with asymmetric intra-uterine growth retardation

S Maisawa; Y Takasago; Y Oyake; H Maeta; T Fujiwara

doi:10.1007/BF01957722

Patent ductus venosus with hypoplastic right hepatoportal system in a young child born with asymmetric intra-uterine growth retardation

Eur J Pediatr. 1992 Aug;151(8):569-71. doi: 10.1007/BF01957722.

Authors

S Maisawa¹, Y Takasago, Y Oyake, H Maeta, T Fujiwara

Affiliation

¹ Department of Paediatrics, Morioka Children's Hospital, Japan.

PMID: 1505573
DOI: 10.1007/BF01957722

Abstract

We report a functioning ductus venosus with hypoplasia of the right hepatoportal system in a 2-year-old child born with asymmetric intra-uterine growth retardation. Postprandial galactosaemia and hyperammonaemia were clues to diagnosis of portal-systemic shunt through the patent ductus venosus, which was confirmed by ultrasonography and angiography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple
Ammonia / blood
Angiography, Digital Subtraction
Child, Preschool
Fetal Growth Retardation / complications*
Galactosemias / etiology
Humans
Male
Portal System / abnormalities*
Portal System / diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography
Umbilical Veins / abnormalities*
Umbilical Veins / diagnostic imaging

Substances

Ammonia