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

• Main Authors: Hannah Glonnegger (Author), Maren Schulze (Author), Simone Kathemann (Author), Sebastian Berg (Author), Hannah Füllgraf (Author), Andrea Tannapfel (Author), Patrick Gerner (Author), Jochen Grohmann (Author), Charlotte Niemeyer (Author), Simone Hettmer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...