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[Portal pulmonary venous anastomosis and portal hypertension]
L Masi1, A André, M Rémy-Jardin
1Hôpital Albert Calmette, Bd Pr Jules Leclerc, CHRU Lille, France. lmasi@caramail.fr
Journal De Radiologie
|December 7, 2002
Abstract:
The authors report two cases of portopulmonary anastomosis to show the value of multidetector CT with MPR MIP reformations in the diagnosis of portopulmonary venous anastomosis. This diagnosis has consequences in the treatement of hypoxemia in patients with chronic liver disease and embolization of bleeding esophageal varices in these patients.