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Fig. 1 | BMC Medical Imaging

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From: Significance of CT scan and color Doppler duplex ultrasound in the assessment of Abernethy malformation

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Classification of portosystemic anomalies (Abernethy malformation): Type I: Liver not perfused with portal blood - complete end-to-side shunt. Ia: Superior mesenteric vein and splenic vein do not join to form a confluence congenital absence of the portal vein. Ib: Superior mesenteric vein and splenic vein join to form a confluence portal vein. Type II: Liver perfused with portal blood - partial side-to-side shunt

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