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Asymptomatic macroscopic portal-hepatic venous shunt (MPVS) without chronic hepatic disease is a rare vascular lesion. Two cases of this disorder are reported, and the usefulness of color Doppler sonography for studying hemodynamics of such small vascular lesions is stressed.
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Naganuma, H., Ishida, H., Niizawa, M. et al. Macroscopic intraheptic portal-hepatic venous shunt not associated with chronic hepatic disease. Abdom Imaging 19, 153–156 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00203492
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