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Portal Vein Function, Location, and Anatomy
The portal vein, or hepatic portal vein, is the main blood vessel of the portal venous system (PVS), which delivers blood to ...
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Portal-Systemic Encephalopathy Due to Congenital Intrahepatic Shunts
Figure 1 Portogram with Contrast Material Injected in the Inferior Mesenteric Vein Outlining the Communications between the Portal and Hepatic Veins in the Right Lobe of the Liver. Operative ...
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Management of Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma in the Era of Multimodal Therapy
Based on the TNM classification [21]. HA: Hepatic artery; PV: Portal vein. • T1: Tumor confined to the bile duct, with extension up to the muscle layer or fibrous tissue • T2a: Tumor invades ...
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Hepatic Vein Thrombosis (Budd-Chiari Syndrome)
Hepatic vein thrombosis should be suspected when ascites, liver enlargement, and upper abdominal pain are simultaneously present, or when intractable ascites contrasts with mildly altered liver ...