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Congenital portocaval shunt

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Several congenital anomalies of the portal vein and inferior vena cava (IVC) have been reported; however, reports of a congenital communication between the portal vein and IVC are few. We report a patient who was found to have a natural shunt between the extrahepatic portal vein and the IVC that was discovered when she underwent a right hepatic lobectomy for an undifferentiated liver sarcoma. The patient also had agenesis of the right kidney. We have not been able to find a similar case reported in English literature.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, USA

    Rajkumar Shah

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Edward G. Ford

  3. 4650 Sunset Boulevard, 90 027, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Morton M. Woolley

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Shah, R., Ford, E.G. & Woolley, M.M. Congenital portocaval shunt. Pediatr Surg Int 7, 216–217 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00175845

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