Combined endovascular-surgical treatment for complex congenital intrahepatic arterioportal fistula: A case report and review of the literature

World Journal of Hepatology
Roberta AngelicoMarco Spada

Abstract

Congenital intrahepatic arterioportal fistula (IAPF) is a rare vascular malformation in infants that causes severe portal hypertension (PH) with poor prognosis if untreated. Currently, radiological embolisation is considered the first-line therapy for simple IAPF; however, it might be not resolutive for complex hepatic vascular lesions. When endovascular embolization is not sufficient to completely obliterate the IAPF, surgical intervention is needed, but it has been associated with severe morbidity and mortality in small children. Furthermore, indications are not defined. We present the first case of a 6-month-old girl with trisomy 21 affected by a complex congenital IAFP, which caused severe PH, successfully treated with an endovascular-surgical hybrid procedure. The novel technique comprised a multi-step endovascular embolisation, including a superselective transarterial embolisation of the afferent vessels and a direct transhepatic embolisation of the dilated portal vein segment, combined with selective surgical ligation of the arterial branches that supply the fistula, which were too small to be embolised. The complex IAPF was also associated with severe cholestasis and intra/extrahepatic biliary tree dilatation, which was...Continue Reading

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