Persistent hepatic venous plexus in a patient with Sturge-Weber syndrome

Pediatr Dermatol. 2008 Jul-Aug;25(4):452-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00722.x.

Abstract

A patient with extensive facial and intracranial features of Sturge-Weber syndrome was found to have a persistent primitive hepatic venous plexus, characterized by three additional vessels arising from the inferior vena cava, circulating between liver segments, which formed a common trunk in the supra-hepatic region that flowed into the right atrium. To the best of our knowledge, this hepatic finding has not been previously described in association with Sturge-Weber syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Hepatic Veins / abnormalities*
  • Humans
  • Liver / blood supply
  • Male
  • Sturge-Weber Syndrome / complications*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities