Sunday, 1 January 2017

PORTAL HYPERTENSION

q.A case of cirrhosis of liver undergoes Doppler study to detect the  portosystemic shunt .A rounded lucency is seen within the fissure for the ligamentum teres in transverse section .Doppler study shows tubular structure in saggital section running caudal from the left portal vein  along the ligamentum teres .What is the vein involved in the shunt formation
a.left gastric vein            
b.the paraumbilical vein
c.splenorenal shunt
d.esophageal varices
e.paraesophageal varices
ANS.---b

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