INFERIOR VENA-CAVA HYPOPLASIA WITH ANOMAL OUS INTRAHEPATIC CONTINUATION - COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUND AND MRI

We report a rare case of inferior vena cava hypoplasia discovered fort uitously, with intra-hepatic venous shunts, explored only by color-dop pler ultrasound and MRI. These noninvasive imaging tests demonstrated that the intra hepatic collateral pathway arose from an inferior (acce ssory) right hepatic vein and flowed into the right and middle hepatic veins. Due to these findings a cavography was avoided in this asympto matic patient.