J Korean Radiol Soc.
2008 Feb;58(2):155-158. 10.3348/jkrs.2008.58.2.155.
Congenital Absence of the Portal Vein in an Adult Man Presenting with Portosystemic Encephalopathy: A Case Report
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- 1Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Korea. sungho1999@yumail.ac.kr
- KMID: 2209119
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.2008.58.2.155
Abstract
- Congenital absence of the portal vein is a rare anomaly in which diverse types of congenital portosystemic shunts are present. In this report, we describe this rare anomaly of a portosystemic shunt between the inferior mesenteric vein and left internal iliac vein, in a middle-aged man presenting with portosystemic encephalopathy.
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