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Intrahepatic spontaneous portosystemic venous shunt: Value of color and power Doppler sonography
Author(s) -
Golli Mondher,
Kriaa Soulef,
Said Mourad,
Belguith Mohsen,
Zbidi Mohamed,
Saad Jamel,
Nouri Abdellatif,
Ganouni Amor
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(200001)28:1<47::aid-jcu8>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - medicine , power doppler , portosystemic shunt , shunt (medical) , radiology , color doppler , ultrasonography doppler , portal vein , doppler sonography , portal hypertension , ultrasonography , cirrhosis
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 esophageal varices. Conventional color and power Doppler sonography as well as CT showed a large shunt between the posterior branch of the right portal vein and the inferior vena cava. We believe that accurate diagnosis and follow‐up of SPVS can be done with color Doppler sonography without resorting to angiography. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 28:47–50, 2000.