Fig. 8From: All about portal vein: a pictorial display to anatomy, variants and physiopathologyCongenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt—Abernethy malformation. a VRT image from arterial phase CT of the same patient in Fig. 7. Note aberrant origin of the hepatic artery emerging from superior mesenteric artery. There is also increase caliber of the common hepatic artery and its branches, consequence of the augmented arterial compensatory flow. b Late arterial phase CT images reveal multiple liver nodules (orange arrows), frequently associated with Abernethy malformation [12]Back to article page