The portal vein in children: Radiological review of congenital anomalies and acquired abnormalities

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-96

  Corness, Jonathan A G ^a   McHugh, Kieran ^a   Roebuck, Derek J ^a   Taylor, Andrew M ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital variations; CT; MRI; Portal vein anatomy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATRESIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN ATRESIA; PORTAL VEIN HYPOPLASIA; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; VARICOSIS; VEIN ANEURYSM; VEIN MALFORMATION;

CHILD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645747553     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-005-0010-4     Document Type: Review

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