Congenital absence of the portal vein in an adult woman: A case report
β Scribed by Peter Kornprat; Cord Langner; Karl Fritz; Hans J. Mischinger
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 117
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0043-5325
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Congenital absence of the portal vein (CAPV) is a rare malformation of the splanchnic venous system. Although CAPV is usually detected in the pediatric age group, our patient was a 35-year-old woman. She had been diagnosed with CAPV in 1996 when she was 27 years old. In 1998, she was placed on hemod
## Congenital absence of the portal vein (CAPV) is a very rare venous malformation in which mesenteric venous blood drains directly into the systemic circulation. There is no portal perfusion of the liver and no portal hypertension. This abnormality is usually coincidentally discovered in children,