Figure 16. (a) Colour Doppler ultrasound of the portal venous system in a patient with liver cirrhosis and continuous hepatofugal flow in the portal vein (left) and hepatopetal flow in the mesenteric vein (VMS) (right). Arrows indicate flow direction. (b) The same patient had reversed flow in the splenic vein (left). The splenic vein (VL) drained into a large perirenal collateral. Arrows indicate flow direction.

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