Table 1 Classification of congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunts based on Park et al. [9]
From: All about portal vein: a pictorial display to anatomy, variants and physiopathology
Type 1 | The most common type Single large vessel connects the right PV to the IVC (Fig. 6) |
Type 2 | Peripheral shunt localized in one hepatic segment, with single or multiple communications between branches of portal and hepatic veins |
Type 3 | Portal and hepatic veins connected through an aneurysm |
Type 4 | Multiple communications between peripheral portal and hepatic veins in several segments |