Spontaneous porto‐femoral shunting in long‐standing portal hypertension
Abstract Spontaneous portosystemic shunting is a compensation mechanism that is supposed to relieve the portal circulation from high pressures. Here we report an unusual shunt that originates from a patent paraumbilical vein and reaches the femoral vein via the inferior epigastric vein. Despite bein...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Clinical Case Reports |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2947 |