Prenatal diagnosis and counselling for congenital portosystemic venous shunts / 中华围产医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Congenital portosystemic venous shunts (CPSVS) are defined as abnormal vascular communications between the portal and the systemic venous circulation,which is a rare vascular malformations,but with potentially devastating complications.In order to better understand the diagnosis and prenatal counselling,here we summarized some literatures about the embryologic origins,ultrasound image features,prenatal diagnosis,classifications and postnatal clinical presentations,treatment and prognosis of CPSVS.