title: [Congenital absence of the portal vein in an adult woman with liver tumor].
abstract: A 30-years-old Japanese woman with a liver tumor was found to have congenital absence of the portal vein (CAPV). Both three-dimensional CT and angiography revealed that the superior mesenteric vein and splenic vein flowed into inferior vena cava and there was us portal vein, CAPV is an extremely rare congenital anomaly and liver tumor. Most cases on diagnosed in childhood, although this case was found in on adult. We reviewed the literature on reported CAPV cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Rosai Hospital.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maekawa
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ichii
authors.forename: Kikuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tai
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ochiai
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ejiri
authors.forename: Son
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wakatsuki
authors.forename: Tadayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Hiromasa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohira
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Otsuki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities*