Case Report

Transjugular Retrograde Obliteration prior to Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Associated with Hyperammonemia due to Spontaneous Portosystemic Shunt

Figure 1

ā€‰ (a) Superior mesenteric arterial portogram shows hepatofugal giant mesocaval shunt (arrow). Portal vein was not visualized. (b) Superior mesenteric arterial portogram: mesenteric venous blood was drained into the inferior vena cava via dilated inferior mesenteric vein (arrow), left ovarian vein (arrowhead) and left renal vein.
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