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. 1974 Oct;9(5):707-14.
doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(74)90109-2.

Liver transplantation in children with biliary atresia and vascular anomalies

J R Lilly, T E Starzl

Liver transplantation in children with biliary atresia and vascular anomalies

J R Lilly et al. J Pediatr Surg. 1974 Oct.
No abstract available

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Artist’s depiction of the composite vascular malformation of absent inferior vena cava, preduodenal portal vein, and anomalous origin of the hepatic artery as encountered in the three children with biliary atresia described in the manuscript.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Lateral chest film in absent inferior vena cava. (A) Normal lateral chest has distinctive retrocardiac shadow from normally located inferior vena cava (Arrow). (B) In absence of the inferior vena cava this retrocardiac space is “empty.” Venous blood returns to the heart via azygous and/or hemiazygous venous pathways which drain into the superior vena cava.
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