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- Title
An anomalous portal vein crossing the lesser sac and ending at the upper part of ductus venosus.
- Authors
Hee Chul Yu; Ji Hyun Kim; Gen Murakami; Rodríguez-Vázquez, José Francisco; Baik Hwan Cho
- Abstract
In serial sagittal sections of a fetus on week 9 (crown-rump length, 36 mm), we incidentally found absence of the usual portal vein through the hepatoduodenal ligament. Instead, an anomalous portal vein originated behind the pancreatic body, crossed the lesser sac and merged with the upper part of the ductus venosus. During the course across the lesser sac, the vein provided a deep notch of the liver caudate lobe (Spiegel's lobe). The hepatoduodenal ligament contained the hepatic artery, the common bile duct and, at the right posterior margin of the ligament, and a branch of the anomalous portal vein which communicated with the usual right branch of the portal vein at the hepatic hilum. The umbilical portion of the portal vein took a usual morphology and received the umbilical vein and gave off the ductus venosus. Although it seemed not to be described yet, the present anomalous portal vein was likely to be a persistent left vitelline vein. The hepatoduodenal ligament was unlikely to include the left vitelline vein in contrast to the usual concept.
- Subjects
PORTAL vein; DUCTUS arteriosus; VENOUS cutdown; LIGAMENTS; BONES
- Publication
Anatomy & Cell Biology, 2015, Vol 48, Issue 3, p218
- ISSN
2093-3665
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5115/acb.2015.48.3.218