

Management of a child with portopulmonal hypertension due to cavernous transformation of the portal vein and sple- norenal anastomosis
https://doi.org/10.21508/1027-4065-2024-69-1-102-107
Abstract
A clinical case of the development of portopulmonary hypertension in a child after splenorenal anastomosis is presented. The surgical intervention was performed to correct the congenital malformation — cavernous transformation of the portal vein, which led to portal hypertension and varicose veins of the esophagus and stomach. In the long-term postoperative period, pulmonary arterial hypertension, hypersplenism with bilinear cytopenia, and moderate liver failure developed. Combined therapy provided a temporary improvement of the patient status, therefore, during subsequent surgery, the size of the anastomosis was changed. This led to a sustained decrease in pulmonary artery blood pressure and clinical improvement in the boy’s condition.
About the Authors
E. Yu. EmelyanchikRussian Federation
Krasnoyarsk
N. G. Volf
Russian Federation
Krasnoyarsk
T. V. Cherkashina
Russian Federation
Krasnoyarsk
E. A. Anikina
Russian Federation
Krasnoyarsk
I. Yu. Naumenko
Russian Federation
Krasnoyarsk
L. N. Antsiferova
Russian Federation
Krasnoyarsk
E. N. Kuzminykh
Russian Federation
Krasnoyarsk
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Emelyanchik E.Yu., Volf N.G., Cherkashina T.V., Anikina E.A., Naumenko I.Yu., Antsiferova L.N., Kuzminykh E.N. Management of a child with portopulmonal hypertension due to cavernous transformation of the portal vein and sple- norenal anastomosis. Rossiyskiy Vestnik Perinatologii i Pediatrii (Russian Bulletin of Perinatology and Pediatrics). 2024;69(1):102-107. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21508/1027-4065-2024-69-1-102-107