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Gallbladder varices: A potential collateral pathway in portal hypertension and portal vein occlusion

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Abstract

Varices of the gallbladder were demonstrated angiographically in four patients. One patient who had had a mesocaval shunt developed gallbladder varices as a result of hepatoportal shunting. Three patients had gallbladder varices owing to collateral circulation from portal vein occlusion.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, Texas, USA

    Vincent P. Chuang

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, 10461, Bronx, NY, USA

    Chusilp Charnsangavej M.D., Beverly Thornhill & Robert G. Bernstein

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Charnsangavej, C., Thornhill, B., Chuang, V.P. et al. Gallbladder varices: A potential collateral pathway in portal hypertension and portal vein occlusion. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 7, 247–250 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02553144

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