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  • Title: [Upper abdominal sonography in total abnormal pulmonary vein confluence into the portal vein].
    Author: Hausdorf G, Grävinghoff L.
    Journal: Herz; 1983 Jun; 8(3):175-8. PubMed ID: 6873865.
    Abstract:
    Upper abdominal sonography demonstrated an asplenia-syndrome and a massive dilatation of the portal vein and its intrahepatic branches in a newborn infant with angiocardiographically confirmed total anomalous pulmonary venous return to the portal vein. A common venous trunk (vertical vein) could be traced from behind the heart to the sinus-like dilated portal vein. Because demonstration of the vertical vein may not be possible with the sector scanner below the diaphragm, we consider sonographic demonstration of a dilated portal vein as an important sign for total anomalous pulmonary venous return to the portal vein. In the newborn period, no other cause is known for such a massive dilatation of the portal vein. Differentiation from malformations of the biliary system can be easily achieved by upper abdominal sonography.
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