Congenital portosystemic shunts: Imaging findings and clinical presentations in 11 patients

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-181

  Konstas, Angelos A ^a   Digumarthy, Subba R ^a   Avery, Laura L ^a   Wallace, Karen L ^b   Lisovsky, Mikhail ^a   Misdraji, Joseph ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abernethy malformation; Congenital posrtosystemic shunts; Park classification; Splenic artery aneurysms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BIOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENIC ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053652094     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.12.031     Document Type: Article

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