A woman, aged 59, had an upper abdominal ultrasound study as part of a routine health evaluation. The sonogram showed a cystic lesion (arrow) between the right portal vein and the right hepatic ...

The existence of portal vein thrombosis (23 patients) or surgical central portosystemic shunt (10 patients) was documented by preoperative Doppler sonogram or angiography (26/33), or operative ...

Symptoms may be caused by blood flowing directly from the intestines and spleen into the systemic veins (portosystemic shunts ...

Portosystemic shunt (PSS) - also known as a liver shunt - in dogs is a medical condition that affects the normal flow of blood through the liver. Under typical circumstances, blood from the intestine, ...