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Anomalous portal venous connection to the suprahepatic vena cava: sonographic demonstration

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The authors report a congenital portosystemic shunt which was detected with ultrasound in an infant with a fatal congenital hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. An aberration in primitive vitelline venous development may have contributed to the formation of this unusual vessel.

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  1. Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, 02115, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    R. D. Bellah & R. Littlewood Teele M.D.

  2. Department of Pathology, The Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, 02115, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    J. Hayek

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Bellah, R.D., Hayek, J. & Littlewood Teele, R. Anomalous portal venous connection to the suprahepatic vena cava: sonographic demonstration. Pediatr Radiol 20, 115–117 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02010654

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