Intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt passing through the left inferior phrenic vein and draining into the left renal vein

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 923, 2004, Pages 966-968

  Hirota, T ^a   Yamagami, T ^a   Matsumoto, T ^a   Seo, H ^a   Tanaka, O ^a   Iida, S ^a   Kato, T ^a   Nishimura, T ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY VEIN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ANGIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; RENAL VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR FISTULA; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 10044230247     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/68883992     Document Type: Article

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