Extrahepatic portosystemic shunt in congenital absence of the portal vein depicted by time-resolved contrast-enhanced MR angiography.
Congenital absence of the portal vein is a rare malformation in which mesenteric and splenic venous flow bypasses the liver and drains into various sites in the systemic venous system via an extrahepatic portosystemic shunt. In an 11-year-old girl with congenital absence of the portal vein, the detailed anatomy of the extrahepatic portosystemic shunt is demonstrated by time-resolved contrast-enhanced MR angiography.
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Hyun Woo
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Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine-Radiology, 388-1 Poongnap-2dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, South Korea. hwgoo@amc.seoul.kr
D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D011168:Portal System / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities*
D003287:Contrast Media