A clinical case of endovascular treatment of congenital intrahepatic arterioportal fistulae

Abstract

The development and wide use of instrumental investigational methods, including multispiral computed tomography, computed tomography with angiography, duplex scanning of blood vessels, subtraction angiography, enabled diagnosis of rare diseases, in particular, of the intrahepatic arterioportal fistulae (IAPF). Methods of surgical treatment of this pathology include both open surgery and endovascular treatment with the use of embolizing implants or coils. The article presents a clinical case of diagnosis and endovascular treatment of IAPF in a 33‑year‑old patient, hospitalized in the Center of Interventional Neuroradiology at Feofaniya Clinical Hospital. The choice of the surgical treatment was based on the account of indications and contraindications to the intervention. The endovascular method was used: exclusion of the intrahepatic arterioportal fistulae by means of implantation of micro‑coils Nester 20 мм, MReye 20 mm, Tornado 10–4 mm. Positive dynamics was observed in the long‑term postoperative period (after 3 months), the control was performed based on such criteria as complaints’ absence, normalization of laboratory parameters, positive dynamics of the data of control hepatic angiography. IAPF elimination promoted the reduction of portal hypertension, and improvement of functional liver state. Endovascular method of treatment of patients with arterioportal fistulae is the method of choice at this pathology. The advantages of endovascular method include the minimization of intraoperative and postoperative complications, the shorter postoperative rehabilitation period. In case of the necessity for other method of surgical treatment, one should follow the indications and contraindications to the surgical intervention.