RESUMO
Abernethy malformations are rare vascular abnormalities, classified into two typesâ: type 1 if the portal vein is absent, type 2 when the portal blood is diverted into vena cava through a hypoplastic portal vein. These conditions present symptoms related to portosystemic shunting, and usually become clinically evident in children or young adults. Here we report the first case of Abernethy malformation diagnosed in an 86-year-old female patient affected by portosystemicencephalopaty.
Assuntos
Encefalopatia Hepática/etiologia , Veia Porta/anormalidades , Malformações Vasculares/complicações , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Angiografia , Feminino , Encefalopatia Hepática/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Veia Porta/diagnóstico por imagem , Malformações Vasculares/diagnóstico por imagemRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC), also known as "stress induced cardiomyopathy", is an acute cardiac condition characterized by transient myocardial dysfunction associated with a peculiar pattern of reversibile left ventricular ballooning that mimics myocardial infarction, but with normal coronary arteries. Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy typically occurs in postmenopausal women and it is often triggered by physical or emotional stressful events. We report on a patient with Alzheimer's disease, who presented with TTC and an ischemic stroke.
