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Hypoechoic periportal cuffing in acute myeloid leukemia
Author(s) -
Kapoor Anu
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199810)26:8<418::aid-jcu10>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - medicine , myeloid leukemia , leukemia , myeloid , pathology , radiology
We report a case of hypoechoic periportal cuffing in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia. The hypoechoic area encasing the main portal vein and its branches may have been caused by transient lymphedema resulting from the blockage of small lymph vessels or from direct periportal infiltration by malignant cells. The sonographic abnormality disappeared within 2 weeks of the commencement of chemotherapy. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 26:418–420, 1998.