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Case Reports
. 1986;16(5):437-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF02386831.

Congenital absence of the portal vein in oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia (Goldenhar syndrome)

S S Morse, K J Taylor, E B Strauss, E Ramirez, J H Seashore
Case Reports

Congenital absence of the portal vein in oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia (Goldenhar syndrome)

S S Morse et al. Pediatr Radiol. 1986.

Abstract

Absence of the portal vein with systemic visceral venous return was demonstrated in an 8-year old girl with oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia (Goldenhar syndrome) during preoperative evaluation of a liver mass. Congenital absence of the portal vein is a rare malformation of potential clinical significance.

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