Case Report: Hepatic Adenoma in a Child With a Congenital Extrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt

Case Report: Hepatic Adenoma in a Child With a Congenital Extrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt

Congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts (CEPS), previously also described as Abernethy malformations, are rare malformations in which the extrahepatic portal system directly communicates with the vena cava inferior, thereby bypassing the liver. A hypoplastic portal vein (PV) exists in most case...

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Main Authors: Hannah Glonnegger, Maren Schulze, Simone Kathemann, Sebastian Berg, Hannah Füllgraf, Andrea Tannapfel, Patrick Gerner, Jochen Grohmann, Charlotte Niemeyer, Simone Hettmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt
hepatic adenoma
child
CEPS
Abernethy malformation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2020.00501/full

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