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The gray-scale ultrasonographic appearances of dilated intrarenal vascular structures may mimic peripelvic cysts or hydronephrosis. We report a patient with portal hypertension in whom color Doppler ultrasound was found to be a very practical imaging technique in demonstrating varices of the renal segmental veins.
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Received: 14 November 1995/Accepted: 22 December 1995
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Erden, A., Özcan, H., Aytaç, S. et al. Intrarenal varices in portal hypertension: demonstration by color Doppler imaging. Abdom Imaging 21, 549–550 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002619900124
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002619900124