Description
- Major cause of prehepatic portal hypertension
- Cavernous transformation: The collection of collaterals that develop around an obstructed vessel
- Portal vein obstruction:
- In pediatrics, obstruction is most typically of the portal vein.
- Main portal vein or splenic vein is obstructed anywhere along its course, between the hilum of the spleen and the porta hepatis.
Cavernous Transformation and Portal Vein Obstruction has been found in Select 5-Minute Pediatrics Topics
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