title: Multidetector CT findings of right intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate multidetector CT features of right intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt (IPSVS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Pathways of right IPSVS were evaluated from 20 patients. Diameters of right portal veins were measured in IPSVS patients, 30 cirrhotic and 30 healthy patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 22 IPSVSs, shunt between posterior branch and inferior phrenic vein was most common. Diameters of the posterior branch were larger in IPSVS patients than in other groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most right IPSVSs drain to inferior phrenic vein through dilated posterior branch.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Gurodonggil, Guroku, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Yelim
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Cheol Min
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kyeong Ah
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Woong
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jongmee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chang Hee
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*