Anomalous portal venous connection to the suprahepatic vena cava: sonographic demonstration

Pediatr Radiol. 1989;20(1-2):115-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02010654.

Abstract

The authors report a congenital portosystemic shunt which was detected with ultrasound in an infant with a fatal congenital hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. An aberration in primitive vitelline venous development may have contributed to the formation of this unusual vessel.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / congenital*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Portal Vein / abnormalities*
  • Portal Vein / pathology
  • Ultrasonography*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / pathology*