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[An unusual case of cavernous portal vein transformation]
U Höhne1, M Friedrich, U Kunath
1Abteilung für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Krankenhaus Am Urban, Berlin.
Aktuelle Radiologie
|March 1, 1995
Abstract:
This paper reports the case of a 36-year-old patient with extensive cavernous transformation of the portal vein, the omentum, and the stomach due to a portal vein thrombosis in the childhood. The morphology of the cavernous transformation using different imaging modalities is demonstrated; etiology and therapeutic procedures are discussed.