Spontaneous portosystemic venous shunts (SPVSs) within the hepatic parenchyma are rare. Fewer than 50 cases have been reported, and most of them were diagnosed by angiography. We present a case of SPVS diagnosed by color Doppler sonography in a 5-year-old boy admitted for bleeding due to rupture of
Intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunts: Color Doppler sonography
β Scribed by Anna Maria De Gaetano; Pierluigi Rinaldi; Brunella Barbaro; Paoletta Mirk; Carmine Di Stasi; Benedetta Gui; Giulia Maresca; Lorenzo Bonomo
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 572 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0942-8925
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