Ultrasonic visualization of an umbilical vein.
A patent umbilical vein was demonstrated via ultrasound in a patient with portal hypertension. Ultrasonographic differential diagnosis of intra- and juxta-hepatic veins is given, with emphasis on real time ultrasonography.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014465:Ultrasonics; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology*