Congenital absence of the portal vein in a middle-aged man

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 369-372

  Barchetti, Flavio ^a   Pellegrino, Luigi ^b   Al Ansari, Najwa ^a   De Marco, Valentina ^a   Scarpato, Paolo ^a   Ialongo, Pasquale ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abernethy' s malformation; Congenital absence of the portal vein; Congenital anomaly of the portal vein; Congenital portosystemic shunt; Developmental anomalies

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF THE PORTAL VEIN; CONGENITAL PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; KIDNEY VEIN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENIC VEIN; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENTERIC VEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL SYSTEM; PORTAL VEIN; RENAL VEINS; SPLENIC VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 79955681958     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-010-0711-8     Document Type: Article

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