Friend or Foe? Spontaneous Portosystemic Shunts in Cirrhosis—Current Understanding and Future Prospects

<div>Coronal-oblique MIP images from three different patients depicting splenorenal shunts (arrowheads in (a, b)) and a splenogonadorenal shunt (arrowheads in (c)). <i>Note.</i> The presence of additional perisplenic portosystemic collateral vessels in (b) (encircled) with attenuated main portal vein (arrow) and ascites (asterisk).</div>

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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Figure 1: Friend or Foe? Spontaneous Portosystemic Shunts in Cirrhosis—Current Understanding and Future Prospects 