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. 2014 Dec;28(11):587-8.

doi: 10.1155/2014/675812.

Abernethy malformation: congenital absence of the portal vein

Lukasz Kwapisz, Malcolm M Wells, Bandar AlJudaibi

PMID: 25575105
PMCID: PMC4277169
DOI: 10.1155/2014/675812

Abernethy malformation: congenital absence of the portal vein

Lukasz Kwapisz et al. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Dec.

. 2014 Dec;28(11):587-8.

doi: 10.1155/2014/675812.

Authors

Lukasz Kwapisz, Malcolm M Wells, Bandar AlJudaibi

PMID: 25575105
PMCID: PMC4277169
DOI: 10.1155/2014/675812

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Figure 1) — Figure 1)
Contrast-enhanced coronal magentic resonance image of the abdomen revealing an abnormal shunt between the main portal vein and inferior vena cava (arrow)

Figure 2) — Figure 2)
Contrast-enhanced axial magnetic resonance image of the abdomen showing a dilated main portal vein and inferior vena cava (arrow), with no definite intrahepatic portal venous branches identified

Figure 3) — Figure 3)
Doppler ultrasound demonstrated an extrahepatic portosystemic shunt, with a markedly distended infrahepatic inferior vena cava (arrow) and the confluence of the splenic vein and superior mesenteric vein draining directly into the inferior vena cava

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