Sixty-four-slice computed tomography in surgical strategy of portal vein cavernous transformation

Figure 1 Cavernous transformation of portal vein and sixty-four-slice computed tomography angiography. A: Illustration of cavernous transformation of the portal vein (PV); B: Sixty-four-slice computed tomography angiography of cavernous transformation in the extrahepatic PV indicates varices in the esophagus and gastrosplenic area.

Figure 2 Dilated and tortuous portal vein. A: Splenic vein; B: Left gastric vein.

Figure 3 Splenorenal shunt.

Figure 4 Vascular bypass and sixty-four-slice computed tomography angiography. A: Illustration of vascular bypass between the donor portal vein and the recipient superior mesenteric vein for liver transplantation; B: Sixty-four-slice computed tomography angiography after liver transplantation.