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Intrahepatic portal venous variations: demonstration by helical CT during arterial portography
1Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan. yasutaka@khosp3.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
Purpose:
We assessed the prevalence and types of intrahepatic portal venous variations by helical computed tomography performed with arterial portography (CTAP).
Methods:
In 192 patients without evidence of vascular invasion or distortion, CTAP images were reviewed retrospectively to identify portal venous variations.
Results:
Of the 192 patients examined, 10 (5.2%) had trifurcation, 5 (2.6%) had a right posterior segmental branch arising from the main portal vein, 5 (2.6%) had an absence of the horizontal segment of the left portal vein, and 1 (0.5%) had an absence of the left lateral segmental portal branch. Of the patients without a horizontal segment, two had a right-sided ligamentum teres associated with malposition of the gallbladder, while another had complete ramification of intrahepatic portal branches from an umbilical vein-like segment. In the patient missing the left lateral segmental branches, the right portal vein segments were subcapsularly located.
Conclusion:
Variations of the intrahepatic portal veins can be recognized on CTAP imaging. tomography-Portal vein, computed tomography.