Gallbladder varices: a potential collateral pathway in portal hypertension and portal vein occlusion.
Varices of the gallbladder were demonstrated angiographically in four patients. One patient who had had a mesocaval shunt developed gallbladder varices as a result of hepatoportal shunting. Three patients had gallbladder varices owing to collateral circulation from portal vein occlusion.
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology