Table 1.

Anomalies associated with congenital portosystemic shunts, and their potential lethality

Organ	Type of malformation	Fatal issue
Heart	Inter‐auricular communication, permeable ductus, inter ventricular communication, transposition of large vessels, situs inversus, aortic coarctation, lethal congenital cardiomyopathy	Possibly
Spleen	Polysplenia	No
Kidney	Cystic renal dysplasia, bilateral ureteropelvic obstruction	No
Bone	Vertebral abnormality in the type of hemivertebra, short appearance of the 5th fingers and toes	No
Liver	Hepatic tumors (hepatocellular carcinomas hepatoblastomas), abnormalities of the bile ducts, anomaly of the hepatic balance to the type of cytolysis and cholestasis	Possibly
Miscellaneous	Non functioning pancreatic tumor, ulcerative colitis	Possibly