Transhepatic Embolization of Congenital Intrahepatic Portosystemic Venous Shunts with Associated Aneurysms

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A 45-year-old female with intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt with associated aneurysms. (a) Noncontrast axial VIBE MRI image showing communication between the right portal vein (green arrow) and right hepatic vein through an aneurysm (blue arrow). (b) Noncontrast axial VIBE MRI image (a few sections cranial to (a)) demonstrating communication between the right portal vein and right hepatic vein (red arrow) through a second larger aneurysm (blue arrow). Protocol: Siemens, 1.5 Tesla Avanto MR Scanner, TR = 4.3, TE = 1.91, 3.5 mm slice thickness, Matrix = 192 × 256, no contrast.

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