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. 2012 May 29;12:57. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-57

Table 1.

Morgen and Superina[3]classification of congenital extra hepatic portosystemic shunt

Extra hepatic portosystemic shunts  
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