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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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From: Computed tomography predictors of gastroesophageal varices in cirrhotic patients: the added value of portosystemic collaterals

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A 66-year-old male patient with chronic liver disease. To evaluate the patient's hepatofugal flow, a triphasic MDCT scan was performed in addition to US scanning. Upper GI endoscopy was also performed to screen for esophageal varices. A Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy and B axial computed tomography (CT) both demonstrated the absence of esophageal varices. Also, axial CT revealed; C, D left hepatic shunt (solid arrow), right rectus intramuscular varices (dashed arrow), E right rectus intramuscular varices (solid arrow), as well as subcutaneous varices (dashed arrow). F Coronal CT demonstrated a right hepatic shunt (solid arrow), a paraumbilical vein (dashed arrow), right rectus intramuscular varices (rectangular region), and subcutaneous varices (round region)

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