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ArticleSurgical case reports2020

Liver resection for a congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in a child with hyperammonemia and hypermanganesemia: a case report.

Yuichi Takama, Tetsuro Nakamura, Kenji Santo, Akihiro Yoneda

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Article in Surgical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuichi TakamaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan. takama@pedsurg.med.osaka-u.ac.jp.
Tetsuro NakamuraDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Kenji SantoDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Akihiro YonedaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Osaka City General Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCongenital portosystemic shunt (CPSS) is a rare malformation that leads to hyperammonemia, hypermanganesemia, and various symptoms. CPSSs are divided into intrahepatic and extrahepatic shunts. In patients with persistent CPSS including an intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (IPSS), early intervention to occlude the shunt reverses the associated complications. CASE PRESENTATION: The patient was a 1-year-and-7-month-old girl. She presented with hypergalactosemia and elevation of blood ammonia level (75 μg/dL) and total bile acid levels (68.2 μmol/L) during the neonatal period. Two IPSSs were detected using ultrasound and enhanced computerized tomography. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 1 year and 3 months of age showed abnormally high signal intensity in the pallidum of her brain. Spontaneous closure was not observed. We performed a right hepatectomy at 1 year and 7 months of age. The portal vein pressure was 16 mmHg after temporary occlusion of the right portal vein. Blood ammonia and serum manganese levels decreased immediately after the operation. The abnormal signal on brain MRI disappeared. She had a favorable course with no sign of recurrence of IPSS 5 years postoperatively.

conclusionLiver resection for an IPSS to control the symptoms of a portosystemic shunt is reasonable in a child for whom interventional radiological treatment is not indicated.

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Congenital portosystemic shuntHyperammonemiaHypermanganesemiaIntrahepatic portosystemic shuntLiver resectionPediatric

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