Retroperitoneal fibrosis leading to extrahepatic portal vein obstruction

Intern Med. 1994 Jun;33(6):346-50. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.33.346.

Abstract

A very rare case of highly probable retroperitoneal fibrosis leading to extrahepatic portal obstruction is described. The patient was a 44-year-old woman with right pleural effusion and splenomegaly. Computed tomography indicated a large accumulation of soft tissues in the retroperitoneum, and abdominal angiography showed extensive portal obstruction. A twenty-year-long abuse of analgesics is suspected to have caused the retroperitoneal fibrosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Constriction, Pathologic / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pleural Effusion / complications
  • Portal Vein / pathology*
  • Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / complications*
  • Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / pathology
  • Splenomegaly / complications