A rare intrahepatic portacaval tubular shunt in a patient with spastic paraparesis.
Although there are numerous communications between the portal and systemic venous systems, intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunts are not frequently encountered in clinical practice. Here we report a patient who presented with spastic paraparesis, who was found to have chronic liver disease with tubular intrahepatic portacaval shunting.
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Department of Radiology, Ankara Numune State Hospital, Turkey.
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Arbatli
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Aysun
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D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*