A I Bloom, S E Cohen, P D Lebensart, O Pappo, A Eid
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Abstract
A very unusual portosystemic shunt was identified using color flow Doppler sonography in an adult male with Budd-Chiari syndrome and cirrhosis secondary to a hypercoagulability state. Hepatofugal blood flow was demonstrated between the middle hepatic vein and a recanalized paraumbilical vein, resulting clinically in prominent periumbilical veins. The clinical and radiological features are described.