Table 1.
Extra hepatic portosystemic shunts | |
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Type I |
Absence of intrahepatic portal veins |
Type I a |
Superior mesenteric and splenic vein drain separately |
|
into inferior vena cava |
Type I b |
Superior mesenteric vein and splenic vein form a common |
|
Trunk before draining into the inferior vena cava |
Type II | Important collateral, patent intrahepatic veins |