title: Cross-sectional imaging of congenital and acquired abnormalities of the portal venous system.
abstract: Knowing the normal anatomy, variations, congenital and acquired pathologies of the portal venous system are important, especially when planning liver surgery and percutaneous interventional procedures. The portal venous system pathologies can be congenital such as agenesis of portal vein (PV) or can be involved by other hepatic disorders such as cirrhosis and malignancies. In this article, we present normal anatomy, variations, and acquired pathologies involving the portal venous system as seen on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
authors.affiliation: Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. drmozbayrak@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Özbayrak
authors.forename: Servet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tatlı
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods