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- Title
Congenital portal vein aplasia with portocaval shunting in two dogs.
- Authors
Taesung Hwang; Jonghyun Moon; Hee Chun Lee
- Abstract
Two dogs presented with vomiting and head pressing. In both dogs, a large vessel was revealed in computed tomography (CT) angiography, which was found to leave the portal vein (PV) cranial to the splenomesenteric confluence and enter the pre-hepatic caudal vena cava cranial to the right renal vein. The flow of portal blood to the liver was not identified. Based on CT angiography, the dogs were suspected to have congenital PV aplasia with portocaval shunting. Diagnostic imaging of potential malformations for PV continuation should be conducted before attempting shunt closure.
- Subjects
PORTAL vein; RENAL veins; DOGS; VENAE cavae; BLOOD flow; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; COMPUTED tomography
- Publication
Korean Journal of Veterinary Research, 2019, Vol 59, Issue 3, p171
- ISSN
2466-1384
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14405/kjvr.2019.59.3.171