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Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Volume 2009, Article ID 479264, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/479264
Case Report

Congenital Portal Vein Aneurysm Associated with Peliosis Hepatis and Intestinal Lymphangiectasia

Zeynel Mungan,1 Binnur Pinarbasi,1 Baris Bakir,2 Mine Gulluoglu,3 Bulent Baran,1 Filiz Akyuz,1 Kadir Demir,1 and Sabahattin Kaymakoglu1

1Department of Gastroenterohepatology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Millet Cad. 34390 Capa, Istanbul, Turkey
2Department of Radiology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
3Department of Pathology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 14 August 2009; Revised 3 December 2009; Accepted 23 December 2009

Academic Editor: Juan G. Abraldes

Copyright © 2009 Zeynel Mungan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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