Abdominal Imaging - Case Report

Congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt with variant inferior right hepatic vein

  • Efsun Şenocak
  • Berna Oğuz
  • Tahsin Edgüer
  • Ayşenur Cila

Received Date: 02.10.2006 Accepted Date: 19.01.2007 Diagn Interv Radiol 2008;14(2):97-99

We present a case of congenital intrahepatic aneurysmal portosystemic shunt in which the right portal vein communicates with both a variant inferior right hepatic vein and the right hepatic vein. We also describe the importance and efficacy of three dimensional computed tomography reconstruction images in determining subtle, small shunt vessels.

Keywords: tomography, spiral computed• ultrasonography, Doppler, color • liver • portal vein• hepatic veins