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Hepatic‐pericardio‐phrenic collateral (natural shunt) in a patient with Budd‐Chiari syndrome
Author(s) -
DILAWARI J. B.,
NAGPAL N.,
CHAWLA Y. K.,
KAUR U.,
VERMA J.,
BALI H.,
DAS K. M.,
SURI S.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1993.tb01515.x
Subject(s) - medicine , budd–chiari syndrome , portal hypertension , esophageal varices , varices , natural history , collateral circulation , radiology , surgery , shunt (medical) , cirrhosis , inferior vena cava
Hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction, Budd‐Chiari syndrome (BCS), leads to portal hypertension and to the development of collaterals that bypass the obstruction. Described here is a BCS patient with an unusually large transdiaphragmatic collateral between the left hepatic and left innominate veins, which decompressed the oesophageal varices. This has not been reported earlier in the literature.