Multimodality imaging of Abernethy malformation

Ahmed Y El-Medany*, Gui Rego, Matthew Williams, Stephen M Lyen, Mark Turner

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Abernethy malformation, or congenital extrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt, is a rare anomaly involving the portal venous system. Despite its rarity, it is increasingly being reported, and therefore, it is important to diagnose given the potential adverse clinical consequences if left untreated. It has a spectrum of presentations, ranging from complete lack of symptoms, to causing hepatic carcinoma, hepatic encephalopathy, severe pulmonary hypertension, and diffuse pulmonary arteriovenous malformation. We herein describe the case and echocardiographic, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging findings of a transgender individual, with this anomaly detected incidentally during adulthood.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)524-527
Number of pages4
JournalEchocardiography
Volume39
Issue number3
Early online date16 Feb 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2022

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© 2022 The Authors. Echocardiography published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.

Keywords

  • Abernethy malformation
  • CT
  • echocardiography
  • MR
  • portal vein

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