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Transient hepatic nodular lesions associated with patent ductus venosus in preterm infants.

Giulia MontalbanoSimona La PlacaIngrid Anne Mandy SchierzMassimiliano LenzoGiovanni CorselloMario Giuffrè

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AdultMalecongenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalitiesmedicine.medical_specialtyGestational AgeHepatic VeinsSettore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale E SpecialisticaInternal medicinemedicineHumanscardiovascular diseasesUltrasonographyPATENT DUCTUS VENOSUSbusiness.industryFocal nodular hyperplasiaInfant NewbornPortosystemic shunt - focal nodular hyperplasia - focal fatty sparing - ultrasoundObstetrics and GynecologyInfant Low Birth Weightmedicine.diseaseSurgeryPortal SystemLiverNodular lesionsFocal Nodular HyperplasiaPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthPortal bloodcardiovascular systemCardiologyFemalePortosystemic shuntbusinessShunt (electrical)Ductus venosusInfant PrematureLiver Circulation

description

We report on two cases of low-birth-weight preterm infants with patent ductus venosus associated with hepatic hypoechoic lesions of the fourth segment in an otherwise normal liver. Although tumorlike hepatic lesions have been previously reported in association with portosystemic shunts in children and adults, they were never described in preterm infants during physiological patency of ductus venosus. In our patients, hepatic lesions disappeared shortly after the spontaneous ductus closure. Physiopathologic interactions are discussed regarding altered portal blood supply caused by ductus venosus shunt.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2010-09-18American journal of perinatology
10.1055/s-0030-1265829https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20848372