Journal of the Korean Society of Medical Ultrasound  2009;28(2):127-130

Intrahepatic Portosystemic Venous Shunt Presenting as a Cystic Mass in a Patient without Liver Cirrhosis: A Case Report.

Jun Ho KIM 1 ; Yong Sun JEON ; Soon Gu CHO ; Kyung Hee LEE

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Keywords

Portosystemic venous shunt, Intraheaptic shunt, Liver, US; Liver, CT

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Intrahepatic portosystemic shunt is a rare disease that requires an accurate diagnosis because the lesion may be associated with hepatic encephalopathy and an invasive and expansive examination might be unnecessarily conducted. A cystic mass on an ultrasound examination in a patient without liver cirrhosis was diagnosed as an intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt by using color Doppler imaging and computed tomography. We report here on the radiologic features of a congenital intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt in a noncirrhotic liver.