title: Congenital absence of portal vein associated with nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver and pulmonary hypertension.
abstract: We present a 15-year-old girl with congenital absence of the portal vein, pulmonary arterial hypertension and multiple liver lesions proven to be nodular regenerative hyperplasia with biopsy. Ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging findings of the liver lesions and Type I portosystemic shunt are presented.
authors: Department of Radiology, Ankara University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. ahmet_peker@hotmail.com
authors: Ahmet
authors: A
authors: Peker
authors: Tayfun
authors: T
authors: Ucar
authors: Zarife
authors: Z
authors: Kuloglu
authors: Koray
authors: K
authors: Ceyhan
authors: Ercan
authors: E
authors: Tutar
authors: Suat
authors: S
authors: Fitoz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*