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ArticleRadiologia brasileira

Acquired portosystemic collaterals: anatomy and imaging.

Andréa Farias de Melo Leite, Américo Mota, Francisco Abaeté Chagas-Neto, Sara Reis Teixeira, Jorge Elias Junior, Valdair Francisco Muglia

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Article in Radiologia brasileira. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andréa Farias de Melo LeitePhD, Radiologist and Physician Assistant at the Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira de Pernambuco (IMIP), Maximagem, Centro Diagnóstico Lucilo Ávila Júnior, and Safelaudos, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Américo MotaMD, Radiology Resident at the Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira de Pernambuco (IMIP), Recife, PE, Brazil.
Francisco Abaeté Chagas-NetoPhD, Professor in the Department of Radiology of the Universidade de Fortaleza (Unifor), Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Sara Reis TeixeiraPhD, Pediatric Radiologist and Attending Physician at the Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP-USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Jorge Elias JuniorPhD, Professor in the Division of Radiology of the Department of Clinical Medicine at the Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP-USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Valdair Francisco MugliaPhD, Professor in the Division of Radiology of the Department of Clinical Medicine at the Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP-USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Universidade de São Paulo · BRInstituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira · BRUniversidade de Fortaleza · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Portosystemic shunts are enlarged vessels that form collateral pathological pathways between the splanchnic circulation and the systemic circulation. Although their causes are multifactorial, portosystemic shunts all have one mechanism in common-increased portal venous pressure, which diverts the blood flow from the gastrointestinal tract to the systemic circulation. Congenital and acquired collateral pathways have both been described in the literature. The aim of this pictorial essay was to discuss the distinct anatomic and imaging features of portosystemic shunts, as well as to provide a robust method of differentiating between acquired portosystemic shunts and similar pathologies, through the use of illustrations and schematic drawings. Imaging of portosystemic shunts provides subclinical markers of increased portal venous pressure. Therefore, radiologists play a crucial role in the identification of portosystemic shunts. Early detection of portosystemic shunts can allow ample time to perform endovascular shunt operations, which can relieve portal hypertension and prevent acute or chronic complications in at-risk patient populations.

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Collateral circulationHypertension, portal/complicationsSplanchnic circulation

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