Three-dimensional CT demonstration of intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt draining into the inferior vena cava.
An unusual form of intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt draining into the inferior vena cava was demonstrated using three-dimensional images reconstructed from spiral CT during arterial portography, colour Doppler ultrasonography with flow velocity measurement, and digital subtraction portovenography. The utilization of modern radiological techniques in evaluating intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunts is discussed.
Kanematsu
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Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
Hoshi
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Imaeda
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Mizuno
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Yokoyama
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D000368:Aged; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging