Spontaneous porto‐femoral shunting in long‐standing portal hypertension

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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Main Authors: Mauro Giuffrè, Paola Martingano, Lory Saveria Crocè
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-09-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
Subjects:
liver cirrhosis
paraumbilical vein
portal hypertension
spontaneous portosystemic shunt
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2947
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Summary: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 being merely anecdotal, this finding is fascinating from an anatomical point of view.
ISSN:2050-0904

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