Unusual right umbilical vein collateral in portal hypertension

Authors :: Richard N. Rankin
Jainaryan Singh
Source :: Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology. 7:245-246
Publication Year :: 1984
Publisher :: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1984.
Abstract: Umbilical vein collaterals frequently occur in patients with portal hypertension, with the vessels usually connected to the left portal system. An umbilical vein collateral draining the right intrahepatic portal system was found in a patient with portal hypertension. This observation has not been previously reported and probably represents persistence of the embryonic right umbilical vein.