Pseudotumoral azygos and paraesophageal varices of posterior mediastinum in a 15-month-old infant: a case report

Pediatr Transplant. 2007 Nov;11(7):804-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00775.x.

Abstract

A case of azygos and paraesophageal varices presenting as a posterior mediastinal mass in a 15-month-old infant with biliary atresia is described. The patient was evaluated for living donor liver transplantation because of repeated cholangitis after Kasai operation, and plain CT scan demonstrated a mass in posterior mediastinum. The operation of mediastinal tumor resection was planned before liver transplantation in order to exclude malignant disease, however, possibility of paraesophageal varices remained. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging clearly demonstrated azygos and paraesophageal varices in posterior mediastinum. Living donor liver transplantation was performed successfully without ligation of paraesophagogastric varices. Contrast-enhanced CT demonstrated distinctly decreased mediastinal mass one month after transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Azygos Vein / pathology*
  • Biliary Atresia
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / surgery*
  • Female
  • Hematoma, Subdural / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Living Donors
  • Mediastinal Diseases / surgery*
  • Mediastinum / blood supply