Fig. 12

Matching transverse upper abdominal views in labelled diagram format (a), postmortem ultrasound (b) and T2-weighted MRI at 1.5 T imaging (c) of the same 36-week gestational-aged foetus 3 days after death demonstrating haemostasis in the hepatic veins. The corresponding sagittal postmortem ultrasound (d) and matched T2-weighted MRI (e) views of the thrombosed main portal vein (white arrows) are also shown. This imaging example shows how even with decent sonographic windows in a well-preserved foetus, the common bile duct is quite difficult to delineate