Interruption of systemic venous return with portal continuation: assessment using magnetic resonance imaging.
A case of interruption of both the superior and infrahepatic inferior vena cava with portal continuation of the systemic venous return is described. This unusual abnormality is probably acquired and represents the result of earlier, silent thrombosis of the venae cavae. Magnetic resonance imaging provided valuable anatomic information supplementing venography.
D000293:Adolescent; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010690:Phlebography; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000473:pathology*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology*; D013162:Splenic Vein / Q000473:pathology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000473:pathology*